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Game Industry Bigger Than Hollywood
Ant writes "This SF Gate story says stacks of new releases for hungry video game enthusiasts mean it's boom time for an industry now even bigger than Hollywood. The $10 billion video game industry, which generates more revenue than Hollywood, has never released so many highly anticipated blockbuster titles in a single season. It started in August with the game title Doom 3, followed by The Sims 2 in September, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in October, then Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Half-Life 2 last month. In November, sales of video games rose to $849 million, an 11 percent increase from the same month last year and up 77 percent from October, according to the industry research firm NPD Funworld. The industry set a milestone last month when Microsoft's Halo 2 -- a sequel to a futuristic game with an elaborate plot that pits humans against invading aliens -- surpassed Hollywood's opening-weekend movie box office record in just one day of sales."
Somewhere, EA_Spouse is crying.
they want their headline back!
BTM
That was the turning point of my life--I went from negative zero to positive zero.
STOP TALKING!!! Don't give them anymore ideas! I have to pay close to 10 bucks to see s movie as it is!
I am full of goo... black evil goo
the MPAA and RIAA decide to sue game companies, citinglost revenue.
No, clearly, gamers are pirates, stealing money from the pockets and food from the plates of Hollywood executives!!
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
I'm curious. In NHL 2005 do you just sit there and watch an empty ice surface?
yes, your single example proves it wrong. nice work
I saw it last Monday. Im still waiting for something to happen.
But how many of those books were game guides and walkthroughs?
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Lots of people go to see movies they like multiple times. But how many people buy multiple copies of a game they like?
;-)
While we're on the subject, how many people buy ONE copy of a game they like?
I've got more mod points and GMail invi
"Imagine how much the porn industry is worth...."
About $300+ per hour, it just depends on what you want them to do
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
Arg.
Ignore this post.
Moderating. Using pageup/pagedown to move. Didn't realize that this was also changing the settings from something positive (insightful/interesting/funny) to negative (overrated/etc.)
So, a post. This will, as I understand it, undo those moderations I have made. Oh, well. Better none than a false down. Hope this works.
Pick One: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~stremler/sigs/sigs.html (Note - disable Javascript first!)
After twenty years of swearing never to play computer games because of the wasted time and frustration (when you lose, of course), I broke down and bought Hitman on sale for $10 at CompUSA.
And proceeded to waste hours and days of time, just like I knew I would.
And I never could figure out how to both kill the drug lord in Colombia AND blow up the drug lab.
So I trashed the game and went back to my old ways.
Meanwhile, I've seen Blade:Trinity twice and probably would see it a third time - except I'm broke for the next couple weeks.
Fuck computer games.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
The industry set a milestone last month when Microsoft's Halo 2 -- a sequel to a futuristic game with an elaborate plot that pits humans against invading aliens
Thanks for the explanation, always a good idea to explain obscure references like "Halo".
That's only because San Andreas takes about 10 months to finish. And I don't mean 100% completion, I mean playing through the plot of the game. At which point the completion percentage will be about 13.
Yes, and where is GOD today?
(GOD as in Gathering Of Developers, not as in God)
no kids/packet rustling/general annoyances
I just imagned someone in a cowboy hat stealing network traffic.
I hate stupid rules... Rules that make sense I don't mind... But the stupid ones just really bug me!
Aw crap.
The MPAA announced today that because fewer and fewer people actually watch their shitty movies, they've decided to sue people for doing anything else.