Global Industry Analysts, Inc. predicts that the video game software market will reach $91.96 billion by 2015. The company's "comprehensive global report" notes
industry sales did recently "plummet slightly," but that the "effervescent product" of video games will continue to keep consumer interests "sufficiently kindled."
Hold up! "Plummet slightly," "effervescent product," and "sufficiently kindled"? Who let the English major (with a fondness for a well-placed oxymoron) near the press release?
GIA's 1174-page report, which guesses what the future will hold until 2015, is available for
purchase at the
low price of $3950. The price of the report could have likely been cut in half if clients weren't paying for GIA's licensing of $10 words. 
{ Jun 22nd 2009 at 2:45PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zexion_VI @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:50PM
But will the world be alive by then, says the conspiracy theorists!
lol joke aside, that is one expensive report...
Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:56PM
umm of course not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz86TsGx3fc
Storm Eagle @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:07PM
I *heart* Rolland Emmerich.
ohyeahcola @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:14PM
my report's bigger
squeehunter @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:20PM
Soon it will be 100... billion dollars!
Heavytoka @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:23PM
@squeehunter
We'll See Dr. Evil lol
Bradwart @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:50PM
90 billion will be Wii2 sales?
Just saying-lol
NaeemTHM @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:57PM
"Analysts: Game industry to make money."
Ugg...again I ask, HOW DO I GET A JOB AS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS?!
Quattro @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:14PM
As soon as you can write a 1174 page report on what the game industry will be like in the near future.
Storm Eagle @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:58PM
Gaming in 2015....I can only imagine.....
http://gamerthemovie.com/
I kid, I kid. What a terrible idea for a movie.
Jrinswand @ Jun 22nd 2009 4:13PM
I don't know, it sort of reminds of The Running Man, which was an awesome movie. Plus Gerard Butler's great. Who knows? It might be good.
tenor77 @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:02PM
"effervescent product"
So is he predicting RROD's to magnify and boil over?
Maybe Alka Seltzer is getting into the gaming biz?
Dustin @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:05PM
omg I had that same cash register as a kid!
Miguel @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:08PM
Same here, was a like weird nostolgic flashback attack for me!
The_Punisher @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:10PM
I didn't even notice until you said something, but so did i!
Cheezeman3000 @ Jun 22nd 2009 4:40PM
Ha! I have fond memories of playing around with that thing for hours! Must've been popular back in the day.
XGM @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:05PM
No more analyst stories please.
ChomskyKnows @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:50PM
for the love of god i hate gaming analysts...
Captain__Planet @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:25PM
the price of 1 page of that report is about $3.36. really? $3.36 for a piece of paper with predictions that will most likely not come true? ::facepalm::
shadowhowl1900 @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:57PM
man these guys need to get a real job so many stupid obvious statements
LegendaryRedass @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:14PM
In other words, what the goverment spends every 5 minutes now.
Saria the Cat @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:40PM
Nice, I like satire of representing an article about useless analyst jabber with the Fisher-Price toy register. I can just imagine all these fancy well-paid "analysts" sitting around and punching wildly away at these little registers.
The little English major bit also made me giggle. :)