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Back in 2010, even with all the recession-fueled belt-tightening, retailers were delighted to find that holiday sales had jumped 5.5% between early November and Christmas Eve.

That was the best news retailers could have gotten after widespread economic pain drove down end-of-year sales in the previous two holiday seasons. Sales during the 2011 holidays saw another bump, of 4.1%. And this year analysts are expecting yet another increase, to a record $568.1 billion.

When picturing the average gamer, you wouldn’t be blamed if that image depicts a geeky college-aged male with the latest gaming console and the greatest mobile gadgets – loaded with every imaginable app – all but surgically attached.

That image, though classic, would be inaccurate.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2012 – Acclaimed game developer Halfbrick, well-known around