Hardcore gamers will save the global IT industry

    “They may be rich or poor, but they have no idea that we have a recession here,” says AP about hardcore gamers, video game fans. And this is absolutely true. These guys absolutely do not care if the crisis is in the yard or not. They are waiting, as before, for the release of a new model of a video card on which the last Call of Duty or Gears of War 2 will not slow down, and they will buy it for any money.

    Hardcore gamers spend thousands of dollars a year on the purchase of games and gaming hardware, providing up to 50% of the turnover of some IT companies. These are usually young men under the age of 30 years, they can have different education and work - schoolchildren, graduate students, students, top managers. But in any case, as long as there is money, they will spend on games with a 100% guarantee and absolute loyalty. It is a reliable bulwark of stability for many developers, retailers, and iron producers. In November alone, the Americans spent almost $ 3 billion on games and consoles. About half of this turnover was provided by gaming fans.

    According to experts, thanks to the army of hardcore gamers, the global IT industry will in any case remain afloat, even if all other customers disappear.

    The photo above shows midnight on November 13, 2008, with WoW fans in line for the second expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King.

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