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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Enough to be taken seriously by the government, though?

    Nah.

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    But most of them are the bad Wii games, the general public buy them and stop playing them so how is that accurate.

    Atleast its growing, wonder how many sales are from pc.....
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    Kinda funny to see that headline after all the recent talks on these forums regarding "piracy killing the games market"
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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Quote Originally Posted by Hicks12 View Post
    But most of them are the bad Wii games, the general public buy them and stop playing them so how is that accurate.

    Atleast its growing, wonder how many sales are from pc.....
    What are you on about 'how is that accurate'? It's accurate because it is.

    Are you suggesting that the sales figures aren't what matters, its if the games are good or not? Or if people still play them a certain amount of time later?

    And who else apart from the general public can buy them?

    Dude, are you ill?

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Kinda funny to see that headline after all the recent talks on these forums regarding "piracy killing the games market"
    No one has ever said that though, only the PC market. Consoles are shooting up.

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    What are you on about 'how is that accurate'? It's accurate because it is.

    Are you suggesting that the sales figures aren't what matters, its if the games are good or not? Or if people still play them a certain amount of time later?

    And who else apart from the general public can buy them?

    Dude, are you ill?
    It was a joke , should of added a smiley or something. Iam ill though so you got one right .
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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    You crazy kids and your jokes.

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Remember these figures include hardware, imagine how many people have bought games consoles in 2008. An Xbox 360 is the equivalent to 4 games or so on average, PS3 even more, plus the figures are done in cost and not quantity. When CD's generally cost under £10, yet a game averages anywhere between £20-£40 it's not surprising that the games industry it where more money is being made, their products cost more to buy. As mentioned above I suspect the PC games industry is still making sweet FA.

    I'm sure if you included people's Hi-Fi systems in the amount of money the music industry was making then their sales figures would increase as well!

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    at the end of the day, gaming is increasing dramaticly

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Quote Originally Posted by Bleak View Post
    Remember these figures include hardware, imagine how many people have bought games consoles in 2008. An Xbox 360 is the equivalent to 4 games or so on average, PS3 even more, plus the figures are done in cost and not quantity. When CD's generally cost under £10, yet a game averages anywhere between £20-£40 it's not surprising that the games industry it where more money is being made, their products cost more to buy. As mentioned above I suspect the PC games industry is still making sweet FA.

    I'm sure if you included people's Hi-Fi systems in the amount of money the music industry was making then their sales figures would increase as well!
    Nice working out.

    'A huge shift in consumer attitudes has turned video games into the UK's most popular form of entertainment, say the retail analysts.'

    'Gaming is just continuing to get more and more popularIn the last five years the video games market has more than doubled in value, while music sales have stagnated.'

    Those statements tell you all you need to know though, not all this cost \ not including HiFi stuff. Yes hardware sales are included, but the point is that gaming is getting more popular, and closing the gap on things like music sales and video.

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    As the article says the figures are scewed by the fact they include gaming hardware. It would be a different story if we included the sale of all iPods, mp3 players and stereos onto the music sales figure.

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    microsoft make money from sales of software and hardware

    it's not as if the companies who license the CD format make the hardware t... well crap

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    games are fun
    women, and older people are now getting in on the act, and ofcorse that is going to make a difference to global games sales

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    games also cost a lot more

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    Re: Games 'to outsell' music, video

    Quote Originally Posted by magneticman View Post
    games also cost a lot more
    Per hour spent enjoying them/worth of content? I'm not sure. A movie is 7 quid for 2 hours. A decent game is 10-20 quid for up to 100 hours.

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