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Week 2 Blog 1. Subcategory: Video Games 2. Research Question: ‘How have video game distributors been affected by the global financial crisis?’ 3. Keywords- video, games, distribution, financial, economic, crisis 10 SOURCES Bartkewicz, A 2009, Video Game Sales an Economic Indicator? accessed 09/08/2008, http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/money/dpgo_Video_Game_Sales_an_Economic_Indicator _SAB_05172009_2492577 Bissonnette, Z 2008, Electronic Arts plots a seismic shift in video game distribution -will it work?, weblog, accessed 09/08/2009, ttp://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/21/electronic-arts-plots-a-seismic-shift-in-videogame-distribution/ Gallagher, D 2009, Video Game Distribution Could See Big Changes Ahead, weblog, accessed 09/08/2009, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/video-game-distribution-couldsee-big Garnett, L 2009, Analyst Pachter: Videogames Safe from Financial Crisis, weblog, accessed 09/08/2009, ttp://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170149 Gaudiosi, J 2009, Financial crisis video game, weblog, accessed 09/08/2009, http://www.whattheyplay.com/features/financial-crisis-video-game/ Madison Technologies 2009, accessed 09/08/2009, http://www.madisontech.com.au/index.php?a=prod_type_pro_vid&gclid=CNvV8rSS9pw CFShSagod4FdfbA Mann, J 2009, Video game sales down 16% in the U.S., TechSpot.com, accessed 09/08/2009, http://www.techspot.com/news/36186-video-game-sales-down-16-in-theus.html Rosenberg, D 2009, Standards will drive in-game advertising growth, weblog, accessed 09/08/2009, http://www.cnet.com/8300-13846_1-62-2.html?keyword=Video+games Shankar, V and Bayus, B 2003, ‘Network Effects and Competition: An Empirical Analysis of the Home Video Game Industry’, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 375-384 Wardell, J 2009, ‘http://news.therecord.com/printArticle/469335