TITLE
Video Games: They’re Back–and Almost as Big as Ever
AUTHOR
Mark Potts
PUBLICATION
Los Angeles Times
YEAR
1987
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
Like a swarm of Space Invaders zooming into battle from a forgotten galaxy, the home video-game industry suddenly has come back to life–just two years after it appeared to have been zapped out of existence.Led by Nintendo of America Inc., an aggressive Japanese company that has come from nowhere to grab three-quarters of the U.S. video-game market, the industry expects $825 million in U.S. sales this year, and some optimists think a $2-billion year is just around the corner.
That could put the industry within striking distance of its $3-billion sales mark of 1982, set before the bottom dropped out and sales plummeted to $100 million in 1985.
COMPANIES MENTIONED
Atari
Nintendo
Sega
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Robert Harris
Ron Judy
Augie Liguori
TOPICS MENTIONED
Business
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June 29, 1987