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Is video game retail dying? Three theories behind January’s sales downer
When I started writing this column back in the middle of 2007, the U.S. retail video game industry was on a roll. The Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 were still in their first year on the market, Guitar Hero II had only recently made the jump from the PlayStation 2 to the Xbox 360, and there were over 20 months of industry growth ahead. I recall being skeptical that the growth could continue at that …






