There’s been arguments on this for both sides for a while. Generally, the idea is that when times are bad, people stay home and play more video games - which can provide hours of entertainment for not a lot of money. I think it’s supposed to be fairly recession-proof, except that in Asia it’s more of an online video gaming market still and there’s been a lot of ‘free-to-play’ games rolling out. EA gave a scare earlier on but industry insiders would know it’s mainly just EA’s problem. Sony doesn’t look too good at the moment though.
