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The_Liquid_Laser said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

How have music or movies suffered at all? Studios still spend tons of money on movies. Artists still release a lot of music. Seems a stretch to think it will affect games in any negative way. 

Movies are mostly doing fine.  Music is doing terrible though.  If you look at the financials of the Music Industry compared to today, then you'll see they really are in the toilet now.

But the Movie Industry is mostly fine.  The devil is in the details as they say.  Streaming isn't necessarily a bane or a boon.  It's all in how it is executed.

Nah, music struggled for awhile to cope with digital but they’re recovering. It was natural for that industry to lose a lot of money, they raked in a ton from physical sales that are mostly gone now. Instead they rely on digital sales and digital streaming, where they get less of a cut. 

Video games are different because the publishers still get most of the money and there are different revenue streams than music. Furthermore he was stressing Nintendo and Sony... they literally are in complete control of their own digital marketplace. They have zero of the worry music labels had to worry about.