Alex Yue contributed this news item.
The Entertainment Software Association has released a report discussing the growth of the videogame industry—and things are looking good.
According to the ESA, videogames are a major factor in the United States economy. This is easy to see when you consider that the games industry employs 24,000 people in the United States. The average salary of these employees was $92,300 in 2006. The demand for videogames has been growing at an annual rate of 17% a year.
Videogame sales for this year are predicted to top $18 billion, andaccording to the ESA’s chief executive officer, Michael Gallagher, “These companies and their colleagues across the nation are making entertainment software one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.”
What does this mean for the average gamer? Well, one can only assume that videogames will become more widely accepted and garner more attention from the mainstream media. It also means that college campuses can expect a jump in the number of people majoring in computer science and graphic design.
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