[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: Sunday, March 18, 2001 10:44 AM
> To: 'mud-dev at kanga.nu'
> Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Movies bigger than games? (was Re: Digital
> Property Law)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Koster, Raph wrote:
> 
> Merchandising from games is trivial compared to merchandising from
> movies.

Er, Pokemon?

>> On a strict profit comparison, movies and games, games are slightly
>> ahead at the moment.
 
> Where did you get those numbers from? I'm not able to find anything
> about profits, because most of the movie studios aren't public
> companies. I'm only able to find numbers on gross revenue.

I've seen them a few times, usually in threads like this one. :)

Movie filming costs are pretty public, actually (they get talked about
all the time -- "it only cost $117 million to make blah blah
blah!"). The cost to make a movie is MUCH higher than that to make a
game. If gross revenue is comparable, then net must be higher for
games.

-Raph
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