| Stever89 said: This is an interesting tidbit: ”Even as the videogame industry’s sales have eclipsed -movie box office take in the US, the industry remains hostage to Hollywood’s blockbuster mentality: big budgets, bigger production teams, sweeping prerendered cinematics, slavish photorealism. But, as with Hollywood, the game business is not booming. Total US sales – which include console and handheld titles, hardware, and accessories – have flattened since 2002, and -major gamemakers, like Electronic Arts and Atari, are posting big losses.” |
I found the VG industry revenue in North America from 1997 to 2007 (NPD):
From 2002 to 2005 sales in US were stagnating while japanese market were declining. No wonder Iwata want a change.
“In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.” Hiroshi Yamauchi
TAG: Like a Yamauchi pimp slap delivered by Il Maelstrom; serving it up with style.
