Record sales for horror video games

Posted on Tuesday, November 03 2009 @ 2:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter says about $147 million worth of horror video games have been sold in the US alone this year through September compared to $131 million in total for all of 2008.

What do Jigsaw from "Saw," Freddy Krueger, and Jason from "Friday the 13th" all have in common, besides serial killing? Videogames, if the horror stars' latest round of promotions are to be believed.

Horror videogames are having a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-saw wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making videogames the new home of horror for some.

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