Conventional wisdom is that the video game business will survive the recession. The notion is that people who can't afford fancy houses or vacations can still drop $10 on "Eagle Eye" or $50 on Mario Kart. On a day when the markets took a historic nose dive, none of that mattered. Three of the big game stocks did worse than the broader markets. And the two that did slightly better (TTWO & GME) only looked good by comparison.
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