The 2011 Christmas shopping and gifting season is now in full swing, and there’s plenty of data concerning what tops most peoples’ list of wished for gifts this year. It cannot be denied that the holidays have changed over the years. Gone are the days of Beanie Babies and action figures. Modern kids want technology, in the form of gadgets, music devices, and yes, video games. Adults are interested in video games and other “intangibles” too, such as money, gift certificates for online goods like playing time in World of Warcraft, e-book and software or app downloads, and other things like adt that are not physical objects. Let’s take a look at what are expected to be the most popular gifts this Christmas.

Here is an infographic that shows this year’s trend in some detail and should reflect both the wishes of consumers and their spending so far this season. There are a lot of reasons for video game publishers to be swapping high-fives, according to this: