Videogames: Recession Proof?

[Comrade Tovya]

HappySqurriel said:

Comrade Tovya said:

kuraobi said:
Videogames are entertainment, and crisis is good for those industries, it's well known. For example here in France, there's never been as many people in the theaters than during World War 2, and all kinds of entertainment saw big increases in sales during the war.

 

While I agree that a bad economy is good for the entertainment industry, WWII is kind of a bad example because theatres were also the only widely used form of visual news too. Theatres all across the world played war footage on the big screen before television became the visual medium... so theatres stayed pretty packed. Not to say that people didn't use it as a diversion as well, it just wasn't the primary reason.

 

A better example would have been the great depression ...

In a lot of ways the 1930s were considered the golden age for movies even though a large portion of the world couldn't find a job and was worried if they were going to eat tomorow.

 

Right, now that is a good example.  So were the miserable economic 80s, which of course cemented the video game industry as the entertainment medium of choice for the under 18 crowd... and of course it only has become a bigger part of our lives every year since.