With the economy in shambles, video game sales continue to soar in January
Sat, Feb 14th, 2009 |
In this day and age it is extremely rare to see a tech company thrive, let alone an entire industry. People still manage to dig up enough cash between the couch cushions for video games however, and Reuters is reporting a hell of a January for the big three of the console world.
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