CHART OF THE DAY: Video Game Industry Not So Recession Proof After All

A year ago video game sales were soaring, and some people thought it might be a "recession-proof" industry. We can't imagine anyone feels that way today.

October unit sales were down 18% according to NPD year over year. And if the industry is lucky, it will get flat to single digit growth by for the year.

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