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UK videogame sales surge

article published on 14 July, 2008

According to data from both Chart-Track and ELSPA, UK video game sales have risen over 40 percent year-on-year for the first 6 months of 2008 to 31.3 million units. Revenue increased to GPB 738 million. Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo DS software accounted for GPB 690 million of the total with PC gaming accounting for the rest. The low 3.9 million units sold of PC software represents ... [ read the full article ]

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BobH29
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_ 		14. July 2008 @ 22:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ofcourse games are recession proof. I can buy a second hand (or new) game for £15 off eBay which will keep me entertained every evening for a couple of weeks, or i can spend upwards of £50 on a single night out in town. When times are hard which form of entertainment am i going to do?

Not only that, i'm far less likely to be involved in violent crime or get a teenager pregnant while sat in front of my games console that i am out on the lash!
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7thsinger
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_ 		14. July 2008 @ 23:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Games are also proving themselves to be robustly recession-proof.
I could argue that with a couple of titles, but hey...who's counting?

I'm still waiting for the survey that claims that gamers may commit violent crimes but are less prone to teenage pregnancy.
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