Comment Re:It paid off enormously. (Score 1) 725
The video game market is NOT bigger than film. It's an often trotted out stat but it is wrong. The video game market is bigger than the BOX OFFICE market. Let's not forget the money the movie business then makes on DVD, Cable, Network TV.
That is actually one of the problems for the games business is there is no secondary market. When your game tanks out of the gate that is it. No chance of catching it up on the DVD.
MS are trying to create some of that second market with the LIVE arcade. $10 downloads of a 3 year old game could be quite compelling for consumers... next gen for that to come through fully i think though.
That is actually one of the problems for the games business is there is no secondary market. When your game tanks out of the gate that is it. No chance of catching it up on the DVD.
MS are trying to create some of that second market with the LIVE arcade. $10 downloads of a 3 year old game could be quite compelling for consumers... next gen for that to come through fully i think though.
