Comments on: Survey: More people play video games than go to movies

Almost 64 percent of people surveyed have played a video game in the past six months versus 54 percent who have gone out to a movie, according to NPD Group.

[Angmarr]

hey im kinda shocked ... Awesome!

[Maccess]

You mean its not piracy that's been shrinking movie ticket sales? Save the movie industry: Ban Videogames, also listening to the radio, TV, cooking, sleeping, travelling, malling, and everything else that people do other than watch movies!

[xcal78]

It's been like this for quite a while. Lots of actors have realized video games will make them more $$$ then a movie so there's been lots of well known actors in video games over the last few years. $20 a month for 30 days of MMORPG fun or $30-40 for a new video game or $30 bucks for a single movie that lasts 2 hours or so. It's not a hard choice.

[cvaldes1831]

It was sometime in the late Nineties (maybe 1998?) when videogame sales surpassed Hollywood box office receipts, at least during the holiday season. The writing has been on the wall for such a long time, it's practically etched into concrete.

[renGek]

Lots of games out there to choose from and it will provide you with entertainment for more than 2 hours. And you pretty much know fairly quickly that you will like the game.

Movies are almost like investments. Its a gamble that you will get any benefit from it. Of the last 5 movies I saw in the theater (about 2 years worth of movie viewing), only 2 were any good.

[karpenterskids]

Movie tickets have been overpriced for the longest time...$10 to see a movie once?


I'd much rather wait for the DVD, and rent it at $1/day, thank you very much.