yep, statistically ( especially in the past, 30's, 40's, think wizard of oz) even this year more people are going to the movies and also the video game market seems to the only industry that has, compared with other sales, been much less affected by the overall retail drop.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
