naruball said:
pray4mojo said:
Movies have declined... by alot. One look at the inflation adjusted list and it's confirmed. Snow White and 101 Dalmations out earned Frozen and The Lion King. Actual ticket sales are nothing like they were back in the day.
The same thing is happening in our industry. Line up all three consoles worldwide and compare them to the first three years last generation. It's down, by alot. When you look at handheld hardware, they're all but dead. So dead in fact that Nintendo saw fit to ditch their dedicated handheld business and merge it with their home console division. The writing is on the wall.
Does this mean the end? No. Like you said, movies are still popular. Console gaming will remain popular as well. But it's naive and flat out ignorant to suggest that there hasn't been a drop off. This is the first generation that didn't outsell the prior one. It's happening.
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Exaggeration at its finest. Where are the numbers exactly? What does it matter if Snow White out earned Frozen? How many options did movie goers have then compared to now? Do those numbers take into account Netflix, cable, dvds/blu rays and all the ways (that are profitable for studios, so no illegal streaming) that someone can watch a movie?
Seriously. Do people really not realise how comparisons work?
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If you are telling me that people aren't going to the actual theaters because there's so many other options like Netflix, cable, physical media for the home etc... then I am in total agreement.
The gaming industry is changing in the similar ways. It's not dying out (the love of playing video games). It's just migrating and splitting up into many different areas.
