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Originally Posted by whswhs
Haven't computer games reached the point where their sales dominate all other entertainment media, not just books (a niche market for a long time) but movies and video?
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according to these stats by NPR, No.
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/12/10/247521444/do-americans-spend-more-on-video-games-or-movies
But they're in the same order of magnitude, and we spend more buying video games either box office sales or aftermarket sales.
The data isn't as easy to find on statistica, but it gives similar figures:
video Games
Books
I couldn't find a combined film statistics, but the numbers generally show that money comes in to all three at about the same rate, and if anything, more is SPENT on books.
These are also all revenue, not profit. For all I know publishing has a very narrow profit margin.