[MUD-Dev] Movies bigger than games? (was Re: Digital Property Law)

[Tess Lowe]

Matt Mihaly wrote:

> I remember someone opining that they would change the nature of
> commerce itself. Clearly that's a little overboard. Movies are way
> bigger than games (including merchandising here) for instance, and
> movies are a financially nearly insignificant industry.

Are you sure that movies are way bigger than games? I was just reading
the rant dated 3/2/2001 at

  http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/rants/rants.htm

which says:

  "Speaking of which, and just to prove my point, last year people
  actually spent more on video games than on movies. You heard me,
  MORE. Yet there are hundreds of news stories and entertainment shows
  glorifying the cinema every day. Why is it a major news story if
  Hannibal makes $100 million? The Final Fantasy games for the
  Playstation made over $100 million each, without eating anyone, and
  nobody put that on the news anywhere."

Just thought I'd throw that into the melting pot.

best wishes,

~Tess

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