There are more than a billion internet users in the world today, of which, there are about 300,000,000 serious online gamers. That’s terrific news for the online gaming industry. In spite of the economic slowdown, there is no big impact on the gaming figures, and the top ten video games continue to make huge revenues. Although, there have been no big gains for the industry in 2009 so far, there is no serious plunge in the business, and the reason for the slow growth could be attributed to the non-availability of newer versions, or the slow response from the gaming industry to the wishes of the gaming aficionados.
However, it should be said that the best selling video games in 2009 are continuing their good run because of the features they offer like easy usability, extra features, upgrade options, multimedia capabilities, themes, and costs. There are many different types of video games from first person shooter to online dress up games that are doing terrific business in 2009. Video games such as Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Resident Evil 5, Call of Duty, Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5, Mario Kart, Pokemon Platinum Version, Wii Play, and Wii Fit are the top favorites among boys, while dress up games seem to be doing tremendously well with the girls.
The increase in sales in the girls’ section could be due to the increase in numbers of female gamers this year, and also due to the many options and features that many online gaming companies make available in their respective versions of dress up games. Also, parents of little girls seem to be endorsing and encouraging such video gaming activities of the children because video games such as dress up games are clean fun minus the violence of popular video games. Dress up games can be a family activity, too, as a mother and child can participate in a gaming session without qualms. With options available for playing online, or for downloading onto the computer, cellular phone and IPod; dress up games are surely on the way to becoming top video games in sales in the coming years.
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