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I would say that video games affect people's choices more than TV or movies. For example, gun ranges usually have Desert Eagle for rent, but not S&W M&P. In re
by pps43 10y ago
I would say that video games affect people's choices more than TV or movies.
For example, gun ranges usually have Desert Eagle for rent, but not S&W M&P. In real life Desert Eagle is pretty rare because it is completely impractical, while S&W M&P is popular with civilians, police, and competition shooters. But in video games the situation is reversed - gamers know Desert Eagle and ask for it when they come to the range.
- icebraining 10y agoThere are many, many films and TV shows starring the Desert Eagle, though: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle Besides, there's a third possibility: that the Desert Eagle is simply a "cooler" weapon than the M&P, and hence chosen by gun ranges users and by film and video game producers for the same reason.
- pps43 10y agoThat's partly because M&P hasn't been around that long. Among recent movies (released after 2005 when M&P was created), imfdb lists 10 with DE and 16 with M&P. TV is 11 DE vs. 23 M&P, and video games 9 DE to 1 M&P. So if you think that movies and TV shape demand, you would expect to see more demand for M&P at the ranges. In reality the distribution of guns people ask for at the ranges is a lot closer to what's in video games than in movies/TV. There are many "cool" guns, but if they're not in video games, nobody cares.