All About the Benjamins

by Oz Mills, Thursday, May 02, 2013, 03:11 (4013 days ago) @ Cody Miller

The XBox 360 was released in 2005, and the PS3 was released in 2006.

The decline in sales of games would have something to do with the RELEASE of those consoles at around that time.

What you're seeing now is the long tail at the end of a console lifespan, where people buy less because they're less hyped. You end up with a few big releases, instead of people buying everything and its mother.

When the PS4 and next XBox come out, you'll see that spike again. But with gaming becoming more and more mainstream, it's always interesting to see when consumers throw up their arms and give up buying new specifically-branded boxes for under their TV...


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