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Game Retailers to Have a Good Holiday Season

Posted by Zonk on from the ya-think? dept.

A story is up at the NYT (registration required) regarding this year's holiday sales, an interview with the President of Electronics Boutique. From the article: "Q. Are consumers spending as much this holiday shopping season? Wal-Mart says they're spending less. A. Based upon what we saw over the weekend and what we've seen for the month of November, I'd have to say that, at least on video games, they're spending a lot more. I do think the category is going to have a strong holiday season." I know it's a small thing, but the staff writer refers to Mario as a "construction worker". Could have done some more research there, sport.

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  1. Wrecking Crew by EddieBurkett · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mario was a construction worker in the NES game Wrecking Crew. Given that Mario has done way more than just his plumbing of late (cart driver, golfer, tennis player, etc.), is it right to still pigeon hole him as a plumber?

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  2. Lots of good games is why by scumbucket · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This holiday season seems to have an abundance of good games being released: HL2, WOW, Metroid 2, Pirates!, KOTOR2, etc.

    IMO that's the reason for the increased sales.......

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  3. Steam helping Wal-Mart? by Staplerh · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With respects to Half Life 2, perhaps it is the combination of being a highly anticipated game as well as the difficulty of pirating the game thanks to the infernal 'Steam'.

    Steam indirectly aiding Walmart?

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  4. Bad for the (sorta)little guys, though. by Spleener12 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure, game retailers are all seeing big profits, but the people in the games industry that might be seeing less-than-average profits this year are the video game companies that are not Microsoft, Nintendo, Konami, Rockstar, Valve, or Blizzard- ie anyone who is not releasing one of the HUGE titles this season. Joe Average Buyer will be more drawn to the games that have been receiving ridiculous amounts of hype than the ones that haven't (but are still just as worthy of a buy.)

  5. Re:Query by dhakbar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, Christ himself asked his followers to celebrate his death, not his life.

    Thusly, Christmas shouldn't even be religiously observed. Easter is the ultimate holiday in Christianity.

  6. Re:you serious? by dhakbar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I believe the parent was referring to Hanukkah as a rip-off holiday because it has become a reason to buy and give gifts for Jews, since they didn't want to celebrate Christmas.

    If he wasn't referring to their similarity in rampant consumerism, he's just a dumbass.