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Video gaming to be twice as big as music by 2011
- jneal 17y agoThe music industry isn't necessarily getting smaller, it's just going in a new direction. Video games are evolving and getting bigger and bigger with each year or more specifically each generation of consoles. I can definitely see that video games could be twice as big as music by 2011, but I just don't see music getting "smaller" just video games getting "bigger." There are problems with the music industry that will be fixed over time. CD sales are pretty low compared to a few years ago, it doesn't even take half as many sales to reach #3 as it did 3 years ago (Case Point: see 311's new album "Uplifter" highest debut ever, 2nd lowest debut sales ever)
- azharcs 17y agoThis article is from the year 2007, Please specify it in the title.
- davidcelis 17y agoTitle should really specify that "video gaming" and "music" refer to their respective industries, not as a concept or activity. The music industry is going slightly downhill because more and more people are discovering how to download and doing so. People that know how to pirate music, however, don't seem to often look into how to pirate video games. Thus video games are still bought.
- electromagnetic 17y agoI'm sure someone downloading the new Lady Gaga album off Pirate Bay is going to figure out that if they click the link for 'Fallout 3' they'll download the game. The reason games are relatively safe from piracy is that a large amount of people play games on consoles, and I don't know many people who are willing to risk chipping a $400 console just for some copied games. Thus video games are still bought. I'm sure if you could only play pirated music on a $400 iPod, not many people would risk breaking the iPod just to listen to a few free songs.