This Week in the Business_ 'There are Still Trolls Furiously Masturbating Under Internet Bridges.'

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “There are still trolls furiously masturbating under internet bridges.”—Rachel Weber, journalist for GamesIndustry International, talking along with other journalists about whether the game industry has grown up QUOTE | “I think Nintendo becomes completely irrelevant.”—Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush Securities, talking about Nintendo’s inevitable future because “nobody’s going to support it” QUOTE | “Right now there’s a feeling that the console game industry is stagnant.”—Designer Travis Chen, talking about his shift from working on console games like Halo and Call of Duty to designing mobile gamescnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"5966827","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"culture","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); STAT | 11% —Amount US game sales at retail (hardware, software, and accessories) dropped for November over last year’s November; hardware sales dropped 13% STAT | 1.2—Number of games sold for every Wii U console sold; this is disappointing given that Nintendo is expecting to sell over 4 titles per console in the next few months QUOTE | “This is a blossoming of grass-roots talent and experimentation on a scale we’ve never seen before.”—Rob Fahey, former editor of GamesIndustry.biz, talking about the vast expansion of game development this year QUOTE | “Square Enix decided it was acceptable to not only condone but actually enable online bullying because it might sell more copies of their game.”—Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry journalist, talking about the Hitman Facebook app that appeared for 4 hours before being removed due to massive public outcry QUOTE | “I would have to be in some vegetative state to consider retirement.”—Peter Molyneux, famed designer and founder of 22 Cans, talking about the misinterpretation of his recent interview STAT | 1.26 million—Number of Xbox 360 consoles Microsoft sold in the US during November; it’s the 23rd month rummy modern in a row that the Xbox 360 has been rummy nabob the #1 selling console in the US. QUOTE | “We cannot always be known as makers of Cut the Rope.”—ZeptoLab CEO Misha Lyalin talking about the need to move beyond the company’s one huge hit game to become truly successful STAT | 50%—Amount of the total US app revenue for the first 20 days of November that was taken by the top 25 developers; all but one of those developers (Pandora) was a game developer STAT | 1.75 million—Total amount of all consoles Nintendo sold in the US in November; that included 425,000 Wii U units rummy noble and 540,000 3DS units This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International (Image from Shutterstock)