4 those who see(k) the art in games
US game sales > DVDs
my oh my! this is quite big (Gamespot article):
According to the NPD Group’s year-end figures, the US retail gaming industry took in $18.85 billion during 2007. That’s nearly twice the Motion Picture Association of America and Nielsen EDI’s record-setting US box office take of $9.6 billion for the year. The gaming industry even surpassed DVD sales in 2007, reported to be $16 billion by the Digital Entertainment Group and $15.9 billion by Adams Media Research.
Exciting, ain’t it? Now if only the rental business developed: we’ve already got movies beaten at the box office, now DVDs…