Video Game Incomes Now Trumping Films

Video Game Incomes Now Trumping Films
Since going outside these days will result in you either drowning in a deluge of water or being shot by police officers, what else is there to do but sit on your couch and beat bloody the lifeless bodies of digital hookers?

Even with products priced at $50 and up, video-game marketers are finding the recession more friend than foe.

The $18 billion industry is on a tear, with sales up 31% over 2007 through April, according to NPD Group. And that’s barely counting the April 29 release of “Grand Theft Auto IV,” which shattered records with a $500 million opening week. That’s five times what “Iron Man” made in its opening weekend.
Published 5/19/08 by


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