With the rapid rise in use of debit and credit card as a preferred mode of payment over cash and check, the number of transactions processed by Visa has grown steadily by 10% in the last couple of years, except 2008 when the economic downturn caused transaction volumes to drop by almost 11%.
Be sure to check out my interview with Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura for more information about the game, Easy Mode, and the reason he thinks the first game was such a big success.