| Akvod said: The top selling games are, because nobody wants to take a risk since they don't have as much disposable income. You shouldn't be looking at the demand for the top selling games, but the demand for the entire industry as a whole. Since you look at the numbers, unlike me, you can judge if the sales of the entire game industry, are up or down. I'm just making the safest bet here, that the demand for games, as a whole, is not inelastic and recession proof. It's a luxury, and luxuries are the first things that get cut.
I mean, you're really saying that the sales, compared to the last gen, went up? With no 100 million PS2s, $60 games, and a recession? The total ammount of games sold had to have gone down, or else my head will fucking explode. |
EDIT: I completely missed checking the second page before writing this.... Actually, you can disregard this entire post, as I see what you are saying and I'm worried with you.
This chart that was posted in the article clearly shows that revenue for games is up by around 100% since last generation. I don't think the average prices has risen 100%, so the only conclusion I can draw is that sales are up even in units. And that is before considering non-retail solutions.
Even with the economic downturn games are selling more than ever. And even with the companies getting more money then ever, they incurr more losses than ever. That's not a good thing.
(naturally, that is assuming this graph is accurate, I'm guessing it's NPD figures)
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