Japan, which is more game crazy than the United States, suffered its first downturn in the video game market last year, with sales shrinking 15 percent from a year earlier, according to the Agence France-Presse news service.
The market was down about…
Think the video game industry is immune to economic downturns? Try explaining that to Electronic Arts.
The high-profile game maker based in Redwood City, Calif., saw its stock value plunge more than $5 late Thursday on disappointing earnings for the business quarter…
While the nation sinks into economic recession, video game sales just keep booming.
And while that statement resembles a non sequitur, the reason for gaming’s great time in the face of despair is fairly obvious, at least to Game Guy.
The timing…
