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[Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today] When looking at the economy, Billy Pidgeon, a games analyst at the IDC Group, points out that the games industry is cyclical. In the midst of a console cycle, there is generally a shakeout among publishers and developers as they decide to make safer bets that will register with the majority of a console's install base.

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[The Microsoft Blog] Wii, Xbox console sales increase, while PlayStation 3 lags: Whatever's going on in the economy, it doesn't seem to be affecting video game sales. Or, maybe people are turning to at-home gaming rather than other types of entertainment.

[411mania.com Games RSS Feed] 411mania.com: Games - The Full Circle: 360 News Report 03.27.09: In the face of this opposition though HB 353 seemed on its way to a simple passage in Utah (one of the countries most conservative states) after a 70-2 approval vote in the Utah House of Representatives on March 10, 2009 and a very late night approval by the Utah Senate (after an amendment) 25-4. As a quick sidebar about state politics, when the Utah Senate amended a portion of HB 353 the bill was required to be sent back to the House.

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