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We're arguably repeating history, where 100 years ago film was the upstart (but rapidly growing) business and vaudeville was the established incumbent. Film off

We're arguably repeating history, where 100 years ago film was the upstart (but rapidly growing) business and vaudeville was the established incumbent. Film offered far more creative possibilities and were dramatically more immersive than the entertainment it replaced. Today the film industry is the incumbent - profits have peaked, and the upstart video game business has already eclipsed it. Once again, video games have far more creative possibilities and are dramatically more immersive than the films they're replacing.

outlawBand 5y ago
...but there is a huge percentage of the population that doesn't like / play video games.
- mullingitover 5y ago
  It's true, and yet even with a lot of people not being gamers[1]: > Global videogame revenue is expected to surge 20% to $179.7 billion in 2020, according to IDC data, making the videogame industry a bigger moneymaker than the global movie and North American sports industries combined. So the fact that there are still lots of people who aren't gamers just means that the video game industry has plenty of room for growth. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/videogames-are-a-bigger-industry-than-sports-and-movies-combined-thanks-to-the-pandemic-11608654990 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/videogames-are-a-bigger-in...
- merlincorey 5y ago
  Plenty of them are willing to watch people play video games, even if they don't want to play them.
  - watwut 5y ago
    Those consider themswlves games and report themselves as gamers. They claim to like games.
- metalliqaz 5y ago
  the "gaming" industry includes mobile games and things like slot machines, in addition to the big consoles that most people think of. I think there are more "gamers" than you might think.
Flatcircle 5y ago
Video Games are still priced extremely high, like home video cassettes were in the 80's.
MetaWhirledPeas 5y ago
I'm an avid gamer, but video games are in no position to replace films. The mediums are fundamentally different. A film is a story being told. A videogame is a template to explore your own story, some more filled out than others. If you want to merely argue that video games will win the battle for people's time I could see that. My guess is movies will be like books; maybe not the biggest kid on the block, but eternally popular. You can't say that for vaudeville.
mackrevinack 5y ago
a gaming system is much more expensive than a dvd player so i can't ever see it becoming the norm. there's also the problem of having to upgrade your system every 10 or so years and your old games possibly not working on the new system

outlawBand 5y ago

...but there is a huge percentage of the population that doesn't like / play video games.

mullingitover 5y ago
It's true, and yet even with a lot of people not being gamers[1]: > Global videogame revenue is expected to surge 20% to $179.7 billion in 2020, according to IDC data, making the videogame industry a bigger moneymaker than the global movie and North American sports industries combined. So the fact that there are still lots of people who aren't gamers just means that the video game industry has plenty of room for growth. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/videogames-are-a-bigger-industry-than-sports-and-movies-combined-thanks-to-the-pandemic-11608654990 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/videogames-are-a-bigger-in...
merlincorey 5y ago
Plenty of them are willing to watch people play video games, even if they don't want to play them.
- watwut 5y ago
  Those consider themswlves games and report themselves as gamers. They claim to like games.
metalliqaz 5y ago
the "gaming" industry includes mobile games and things like slot machines, in addition to the big consoles that most people think of. I think there are more "gamers" than you might think.

Flatcircle 5y ago

Video Games are still priced extremely high, like home video cassettes were in the 80's.

MetaWhirledPeas 5y ago

I'm an avid gamer, but video games are in no position to replace films. The mediums are fundamentally different. A film is a story being told. A videogame is a template to explore your own story, some more filled out than others. If you want to merely argue that video games will win the battle for people's time I could see that. My guess is movies will be like books; maybe not the biggest kid on the block, but eternally popular. You can't say that for vaudeville.

mackrevinack 5y ago

a gaming system is much more expensive than a dvd player so i can't ever see it becoming the norm. there's also the problem of having to upgrade your system every 10 or so years and your old games possibly not working on the new system