This is not good news. Sales of video games plummeted last month by some 29% from 2008 sales.
Despite predictions that the recession would keep us all indoors giving ourselves repetitive strain injury, sales of games and consoles in July were 29 percent down on last year.
It’s the fifth consecutive month of decline.
This is one of those little things that indicates that something really big is wrong with the economy. These games are not really all that expensive, relative to many other things, but they are luxuries. If people are cutting these out, they have real problems. To see this big a decline is very worrisome. It would appear that younger people are getting hit very, very hard by the economic downturn.
Play a game, or eat. A no brainer for me…
A lot of kid jobs might not have been offered because of the increases in the minimum wage.
$50 is not expensive? I want to live at your house!
I certainly think this was a bad summer for kids trying to get part-time jobs. Even here in a college town I’m seeing lots of older faces working the fast food counters.
Mortgage defaults were up 7% in July over June, too.
Maybe I will call the local “GameSpot” and see what the market is currently like for used systems.
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