Hmm looks like we are all destined to be gaming for the rest of our lives. No complaints here ;p
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090731-video-games.htmlVideo gamers are gamers for life, analysts say. And that's no surprise to the industry that peddles the games and the hardware, which grew last year as the rest of the economy went south.
But health experts are worried that the deepening love affair some gamers have with their consoles may lead to addiction.
Consumer spending on video game hardware, software and accessories rose by 19 percent in 2008 over the previous year to $22.9 billion, according to the report released this week by the Entertainment Merchants Association.
New game console hardware sales increased by 11 percent, despite no price drops from Nintendo or Sony, two of the three major console manufacturers. Microsoft dropped the price of each version of their Xbox 360 console just prior to the holiday 2008 season.
