Japanese Game Industry in a Decline
The Famitsu Marketing Data Service revealed some troubling news for the Japanese gaming industry. For the year 2008 in Japan, sales have dropped 23.5% since the year before. Furthermore, the year 2007 went down 15% from the year before. Software sales have gone down by 7.9%.
It is to be noted that Japan is currently in a recession, which can be blamed on the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Year by year, things are not going good for the Japanese market.
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