Why video games fans care about sales more than any other entertainment business?

[vivster]

onionberry said:

vivster said:

On what basis though?

I know more people who like anime than like movies. Wow, the world must be crazy about animes!

but they don't fight about because movies have more sales than anime.

Again, sweeping generalization of people you don't know. When was the last time you've been to a movie/anime centric website or forum?

Fanboys are present in any medium and you can bet your ass that they will grasp for anything that will make their fandom look better than others. That includes sales numbers and all fandoms.Justin Bieber fans proclaiming that he is superior because he sold more albums than X musician. Sound familiar?

Again, just because your experience is mostly on the gaming side doesn't mean it's happening less in other mediums. Look at gaming websites and how often they publish sales numbers and then look at movie websites and look how often they publish sales.