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From: Matt Mihaly <the_logos@www.achaea.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:04:26 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Tess Lowe wrote:
> Matt Mihaly wrote:
>> I remember someone opining that they would change the nature of
>> commerce itself. Clearly that's a little overboard. Movies are way
>> bigger than games (including merchandising here) for instance, and
>> movies are a financially nearly insignificant industry.
> 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.
--matt
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