1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comJunaid Alam Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/junaidalam/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jF56o5Iiyk"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/january-game-sales-numbers-bit-of-a-glitch-experts/">January Game Sales Numbers Bit of a Glitch: Experts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/january-game-sales-numbers-bit-of-a-glitch-experts/embed/#?secret=jF56o5Iiyk" width="600" height="338" title="“January Game Sales Numbers Bit of a Glitch: Experts” — The Escapist" data-secret="jF56o5Iiyk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> An Oregon-based investment firm has predicted that January game sales will be down 5 percent compared to January of last year because of a change in the reporting period. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson said one force behind the decline is that the reported period for this January is 20 percent, or one week, shorter than last January. He estimates that if an accurate comparison was made, January of 2008 would actually see a growth of greater than 10 percent. Michael Patcher of Wedbush Morgan Securities concurred, predicting a 9 percent fall that he said would otherwise have been […]