hd dvd co-chairman pisses off gamers at IFA

[SKRUhddvd]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...t_IFA_2007/920 (read the quotes from ken graffeo co-chair of hddvd then go to the "what people have to say" forum at the bottom. the gamers are pissed off at being grouped and discarded by hddvd.) -disregard this as it has already been posted in a previous thread-

[Dadds]

You know what else is great. The Video Game Industry is worth more then the Movie Industry and will continue to grow while the movie industry will always be the same.

[kowhite]

Originally Posted by Dadds

You know what else is great. The Video Game Industry is worth more then the Movie Industry and will continue to grow while the movie industry will always be the same.

Just so you know...the movie industry dwarfs the video game industry. And I mean the whole video game industry...console hardware, console games, PC games, cellphone games...all of this is 30 some odd billion dollars. Box office alone is in the high 20 billion range. Throw in DVD and television sales and movies far outsell video games. And that's not including a single hardware sale...of which vidoe games do include in their 30 plus billion number.

So no...the video game industry is not worth more than the movie industry. The only reason you see that paraded around is because someone in their wisdom thought it prudent to compare the entirety of the video game industry from hardware to software...to theatrical box office. But as you might guess...this does not paint the proper picture.

That being said, the video game industry is still a potent and growing market.

[Goodguy818]

Looks like i got a new signature!

[Dadds]

It doesnt matter much though because Halo 2 and so will 3 own every box office weekend in the matter of a few hours.

[JTK]

"The HD format is about stand-alone players, not game systems. We don’t think gamers will buy movies," said HD DVD Promo Group co-chairman Ken Graffeo."

^^ How soon before this guy finally gets fired?

[glenn22]

Originally Posted by JTK

"The HD format is about stand-alone players, not game systems. We don’t think gamers will buy movies," said HD DVD Promo Group co-chairman Ken Graffeo."

^^ How soon before this guy finally gets fired?

Did he seriously say that??? How completely braindead is this guy?

[kowhite]

Originally Posted by Dadds

It doesnt matter much though because Halo 2 and so will 3 own every box office weekend in the matter of a few hours.

In reality, it won't. It'll "own" the North American box office records...but considering both Pirates and Spidey both managed 400 million plus in their first week...unless MS thinks they're going to sell nearly 7 million units in the first week...

That's doubtful. Granted, it'll be huge regardless, possibly raking in 150-200 million dollars in revenue over that first week.