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

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu 
> [mailto:mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> Matt Mihaly
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:04 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Movies bigger than games? (was Re: Digital
> Property Law)
> 
> 
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Tess Lowe wrote:

>> 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
 
> Yes, I'm sure. These comparisons only compare box office vs. game
> sales instead of sensibly including merchandising, which boosts
> movie revenue way beyond game revenue. Star Wars alone has done
> billions in merchandising. It's where the real money comes from with
> blockbuster movies.

Well, they're also probably counting the games IN The merchandising.

I think this is an apples to oranges comparison, though. If you count
the merchandising, you're actually counting the profit from an
intellectual property, not the profit from a movie. There's game
mechandising too. Do we count the Tomb Raider movie, the Earthworm Jim
cartoon?

On a strict profit comparison, movies and games, games are slightly
ahead at the moment.

-Raph
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