I mean sales are growing YoY and the world is supposed to be in this big credit crisis or whatever but games and consles just keep selling. So i want to know what you think is it?

It really depends on how bad everything gets ...

When someone decides that they're not going to buy the new car they (initially) planned on this year (and other unnecessary expenses) they will have $250 to $1000 extra at the end of the month. If they keep their jobs and can comfortably pay for day to day living expenses they will have a lot of extra money to spend on simple luxuries (like videogames). When people start running into trouble paying the bills they will start cutting back on (pretty much) everything that isn't necessary.

Games are like what monopoly used to be. Even when times are tough, people still gotta have fun and get their mind off things. Games are this outlet. I think a good deal of it is as simple as that.  People must have a way to enjoy themselves.  It would have to get REALLY bad for this to change.

yeah i guess thats true you always need something to do to have a little fun but games seem like something that is very expensive thing to buy to have fun in these hard times.

games is best form of entertainment forget movies or music, the quality of games this gen has been outstanding e.g gears, mgs4, gta4. halo 4 etc. these games must simply be played or you havent lived!

Gaming is taking over!

Expensive is a relative term ... If you look at how much it costs for the average family to go on a vacation, a videogame console is cheap by comparison.

Now your thinkin!  Good observation, your post gets a 9/10.

You have to keep in mind that it's very close to Christmas.

There won't be a definite answer to this until after the holidays.