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

[Matt Mihaly]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Koster, Raph wrote:

> 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?

Merchandising from games is trivial compared to merchandising from
movies.
 
> 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.

--matt

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