2008 is the year of gaming
David Johnson April 16th, 2008
C|Net’s Tech news blog has declared that 2008 is the year of gaming. While it may seem a little early for declarations, and these diggers don’t seem to be overly impressed, the sales numbers on games and gaming gear in the first quarter alone are impressive:
The indicators already suggest that this year will be huge for gaming. According to one analyst, video game sales rose 35 percent in March, bucking the trend being witnessed in other areas of the technology industry and representing another strong month after February’s 34 percent hardware and software sales increase. Even better for the industry, there doesn’t seem to be any slowdown in the works.
Cool, but the industry is really stuck in sequel mode. Perhaps a signal that gaming is really more mainstream than ever, major publishers look more and more like movie studios and the music industry, with franchise titles ruling the charts.
4 Comments Add your own
1. Jeremy | April 16th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Is it possible the reason sales are up is because the games themselves cost more?
2. Amanda E. | April 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Well yea.
With the economy gong in the s**tter and the price of everything going up daily, gaming is an escape from the realities of life.
3. Nate H | April 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
We’ve also reached the “sweet spot” of the game console cycle: developers have had some time to improve upon games for PS3 and 360; prices will drop for games from the past two years; and many gamers are still catching up on the slew of blockbuster games released during the 2007 holidays.
Plus, moms everywhere will scrambling to get in line for Wii Fit mats. It will be a great year indeed.
4. Anonymous | April 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Buy your mom a nice bicycle. Wii is for those that cannot leave the cave.
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