It might in the future, according to one reading of Senate Bill 978, assuming it gets passed. This is a proposed law put before the Senate about a couple months ago, but the games community just sat up and noticed once it read the language and understood the totality of its prohibitions.
Last night President Obama delivered the State of the Union. Written for posterity, perhaps, it’s still a policy speech, and policy costs. Here’s “Debtris,” reminding everyone that, a bilion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
Today Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. It certainly didn’t escape Stephen Totilo’s notice who’s created quite an ode to the event.
The holidays were very merry for Nintendo which sold 3.04 million Nintendo DS handhelds during the month of December, ending 2008 with the best-selling console in the United States, blowing far past the console competition.
How is 2007 looking for the video game industry so far? Pretty damn good, having crossed the $US10 billion revenue mark as of the end of October, with its two biggest revenue generating months still to come. If that’s a tough number to wrap your brain around, try to imagine an ocean made of cash. It’s a lot like that. October ’07 saw the industry pull in $US1.1 billion, across hardware and software, ensuring that this year will be its best. Much of that revenue can be chalked up to higher console prices for the Wii and PlayStation 3, plus some very strong selling software.
The best selling games, across all platforms, for the year are as follows, with more year-to-date sales data after the jump.
Halo 3 – 3,700,000 Madden NFL 08 – 3,200,000 Guitar Hero II – 2,800,00 Wii Play (w/ Remote) – 2,500,000 Pokemon Diamond – 2,100,000 Pokemon Pearl – 1,500,000 Spider-Man 3 – 1,400,000 Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock – 1,400,000
