Game Sales Trump Dvd Sales For First Time In 2007

Hello? Movie industry? Video games, here. You've been put on notice after new research shows gaming sales surpassed DVDs and the box office in 2007.

 Ask anyone in the know about the success of video games over the past few years and they'll definitely tell you that business is booming, but did you know that for the first time ever the industry has surpassed DVD? And the box office?
Ask anyone in the know about the success of video games over the past few years and they'll definitely tell you that business is booming, but did you know that for the first time ever the industry has surpassed DVD? And the box office?

Well, it did, according to the latest numbers from tried-and-true industry number cruncher NPD. That group's latest year-end figures (for 2007) showed the US retail gaming industry took in $18.85 billion during 2007. The total was twice that of the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) record-breaking US box office take of $9.6 billion.

As for DVD sales, gaming took them out to the back for a whuppin' too, but only slightly, as the physical movie media format reportedly made between $15.9 and $16 billion according to two separate research firms.


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