Video game nation

Source: Ars Technica

Video game sales are hot. Really hot. "Total sales for 2007 were $18.85 billion, with $9.5 billion of that spent on games played on consoles and PCs and $9.35 billion spent on consoles themselves. "On average, an astonishing 9 games were sold every second of every day" in 2007. Two groups changed their buying habits to help fuel the growth - adults over age 35 and females. Chalk that up to the breakthrough Nintendo Wii, which sold 6.29 million units in 2007. And while everyone seems to concentrate on violent video games, 84.5 percent of all games purchased are not mature-rated games.