For Thirty Four Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas
Published on January 01, 0001
Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past forty years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. The list provides only the single, top-selling, must-have item for the year. No room for second place here. And it [[link]] shows that seven times in the past 34 years – beginning with Pong in 1975 – a video game or games console has come in at #1. Bump that number up to eight if you count 1999’s Pokemon, owned by Nintendo, as a gaming product.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() {
cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Gaming gear really starts to pull away in the [[link]] past decade, with the PS2 topping [[link]] 2001’s list, followed by the DS, Wii and PS3 in 2004, 2006 and 2007 respectively. Hrm. Wait a minute. The PS3 outsold the Wii for Christmas 2007? It most certainly did not. http://kotaku.com/346310/nintendo-responds-to-december-npd-sales-seems-pleased Makes you wonder whether Permuto
got anything else on the list wrong. We hope not, though; 1993’s Genesis Mortal Kombat looks just fine where it is, thanks. The Most Popular Christmas Toys, By Year Since
1960 [Permuto]
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