Twitter declined to comment directly on this trend or how much this signifies in actual revenue.
In particular mid-core gamers, who previously spent a lot of money and time playing games but now have jobs, families or other commitments, are driving this trend," commented report author Siân Rowlands in a statement.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: June 2, 2011 An article on Wednesday about the dearth of prosecutions related to the mortgage crisis misspelled the surname of a professor at Northwestern University who commented on that trend.
And the article referred incorrectly at one point to the president and chief executive of Neiman Marcus Group, who commented on the trend in luxury goods.
Correction: December 25 , 2003 Thursday An article in Business Day on Monday about increasing investment in nanotechnology referred incorrectly to Lux Capital, whose co-founder commented on the trend.
An article in Business Day on Thursday about companies that are outsourcing product design misstated the affiliation of Sunil Chopra, a professor who commented on the trend.
An article on Saturday about investors' accelerating withdrawal from European sovereign debt misstated the title and experience of Peter R. Fisher, who commented on the trend's detrimental effect on the fiscal health of Europe.
BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about shrinking traffic at newly expanded regional airports misspelled the surname of a professor of data sciences and operations at the University of Southern California's business school who commented on the trend.
Correction: July 12 , 2002 Friday An article in Business Day on Tuesday about high-technology amenities in hotels -- and a correction in this space on Wednesday -- misspelled the name of a partner with the Travel Services Group of the consulting firm Accenture, who commented on the trend.
The Media Equation column in Business Day on Monday, about the major networks' decreasing coverage of presidential campaigns, misstated the academic position of C. Robert Zelnick, who commented on the trend.
