Why is gaming so secretive? What is the industry hiding?

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theRepublic said:

BenVTrigger said:

Beuli2 said:

Video game isn't nearly as popular as music or movies, and will never be if the Industry continues the in the way it is.

Video games are quite certainly as popular as movies are.  Especially in North America, though I can't speak for Europe.

No it isn't.

It is a little old, but I think the point stands.  Note that growth in video games from 06 to 07 would have been driven by the release of the Wii and PS3.  That growth is not sustainable, it is cyclical.  We are nearing the end of the generation now, so video game revenue will either be stagnant or in decline.

Then you also need to remember that video game revenue includes consoles (which are hundreds of dollars) and games (which go as high as $60).  Music and movies are much cheaper, and therefore represent many more smaller purchases.  So that video game revenue is coming from a smaller pool of people then music and movies.

Given how bad PS3 did in its first couple of years, and how this gen didn't boom until 2008, id like to see data up to at least 2009 before that chart is taken as gospel.