Game Industry Not Bigger Than Hollywood

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 21, 2004 @08:49AM from the counterpoint dept.

The Grumpy Gamer has a counterpoint to the oft mentioned argument that the games industry is bigger business than the movie industry. From the article: "The domestic US box office is estimated to be around $9B for 2004, and this is where the myth starts to take life. The problem is the movie industry is a lot bigger then just the U.S. box office. DVD sales and rentals for 2003 topped $16B. VHS sales and rentals for 2003 was $6.4B. VHS sales are declining fast, but most of that will just shift over to DVDs, which brings the grand total for non-box office movie sales to over $20B, twice the figure for the entire game industry."

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Wait... what? by bludstone · 2004-12-21 08:52 · Score: 5, Interesting

So...

Which sells more merchandising?
Which sells more novel versions?
Which sells more subscriptions?
Which employs more people?
Which sells more disk media?
Which sells more theater tickets?

Here-in lies the problem with comparing any two industries.

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