Men spend more on video games than music

[CheapyD]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5CKKEXUCOOE2YCRBAEOCF EY?type=topNews&storyID=8121333

[Ozzkev55]

Obviously due to filesharing, if there wasnt any then it would definetly be different, got to miss buying metallica on a cassete and being the first on your block to blast it, cause you waited on line for four hours

[ElwoodCuse]

Obviously because of filesharing? That's what the RIAA would have you believe. What's more likely is the decreasing quality and increasing prices of CDs, while video games are getting cheaper, better, and provide a lot more bang for your buck in terms of cost per hours of entertainment provided.

[nativetongue88]

its because of high prices and file sharing.......the high prices lead to the file sharing.......the average 15 year old doesnt have 20$ to spend at fye on every new album, but he/she has access to a computer........things would be different if albums still went for 11-12$ like they used to 10 years ago.

[alonzomourning23]

its because of high prices and file sharing.......the high prices lead to the file sharing.......the average 15 year old doesnt have 20$ to spend at fye on every new album, but he/she has access to a computer........things would be different if albums still went for 11-12$ like they used to 10 years ago.

The more I visit other areas the more I realize the effects that newbury comics (a huge and well known record chain) had on cd prices in new england. Fye, sam goody, virgin records (though their sales aren't bad) and tower records are all in the 17-20 range. Newbury comics used to be about 13-15 (now they're 14-17 for their newer stuff, they went up a bit). Bullmoose records, which is a sizeable chain in new hampshire and maine (a place where newbury comics has minimal infiltration) charges 12-15 for most of their cd's, has the best selection, often has rare games, anime etc. and is my favorite record place. The independent record stores all over new england, particularly in boston, charge around 12-15 for their new cd's. In Buffalo, chicago, new orleans and toronto the cheapest place is best buy and circuit city, outside of that everything is msrp, basically FYE level prices. You might find a cheap place occasionally, but it isn't the norm like it is in new england. Those are the prices you expect when walking into an independent record store, or a local chain.

[JSK414]

Thats cause... iTunes + Pepsi = no money sent on songs. I have gotten atleast 100 free iTunes songs from the pepsi promotion...This time around. Because of my Dad owning a store that is a large pepsi seller. Gotta love free music. MORE MONEY ON GAMES!

[Spacepest]

Interesting read...although are any of us disgusted at the idea of ingame advertising??? I know I am....

Hmm...men spend more money on videogames than music?

Not in this house...my hubby spends more money on music than he does on video games...and his wife spends more on video games than he does on his music....

Although I can see how filesharing could cut into the profits of the music abit, alot of CDs are getting cheaper though...while alot of video games consistently remain $50 when they are first released (with us cheapasses buying them months later for half that).

[RaekwonThaChef]

Obviously because of filesharing? That's what the RIAA would have you believe. What's more likely is the decreasing quality and increasing prices of CDs, while video games are getting cheaper, better, and provide a lot more bang for your buck in terms of cost per hours of entertainment provided.

Goon?

(in reference to your sig)

(if you have no clue what i'm talking about please ignore this)

[epobirs]

Hardly surprising. If someone isn't an obsessive bargain seeker like most of us it's simply much easier to spend more on games than music if your consumption of both is about equal.

Consider the replay factor. Game reviews very commonly rate titles on the repeat playability value. Some games have none but offer such an experience as to be worth their cost. Now try to imagine the sales of a music CD that is widely regarded as being only worth listening to a single time. Not exactly a formula for getting radio airplay either. I own a few CDs that I'm unlikely to listen to again any time soon and if any of their tracks came on the radio I'd likely change the station. But that is only after hearing those tracks hundred, even thousands, of times. It took a lot of repitition before that disc started collecting dust on my rack.

The average Final Fantasy title keeps me occupied for 100 hours or more but I've never had the slightest urge to replay any of them. On average the $10 CD delivered more value than the $20 game, if any reasonable comparison can be drawn. Of course, I might have listened to the CD while playing the game with the volume off.

[ElwoodCuse]

Goon?

(in reference to your sig)

(if you have no clue what i'm talking about please ignore this)

I am protected.

And yeah, about in-game advertising, I don't mind it if it's done right. Hell, when I played NHL 200x on the PC I would actually seek out mods to put the correct advertisements on the ice and dashers. And I know people still do this for MVP Baseball.

As long as it's not something outrageously unexpected, like a droid offering you a Pepsi in KOTOR 3 or something like that, or unskippable commercial FMV sequences, I don't mind.