ESA Study Shows Changing Game Industry
The [a]list daily: "The Entertainment Software Association has released its 2013 survey of the US game playing market, which offers some very interesting facts and figures. First, let's look at some context: The US retail market for games is in its fifth straight year of decline from its high point in 2008. Hardware and software sales in retail stores have been falling, and not all of it can be attributed to nearing the end of a generation among consoles. At the same time, the gaming industry has undergone an incredible expansion with mobile, social and online games globally. 'It was the best of times, it wast the worst of times,' as Dickens put it."
