Comments on: Are Videogames Killing the Music Industry?

By: Karen Gratis Spiele

Karen Gratis Spiele — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:03:58 +0000

I completely agree with Psysal. The biggest problem is that people do NOT have tha same interest in music as they did before. Anyways, thank you for sharing the article, it makes reflect on how society and tastes have changen in the last 30 years.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:14 +0000

It’s an interesting idea, though if I think about why I have stopped buying CDs, and I used to buy them constatnly, it does have alot to do with the internet and computers. It is not attractive anymore to own tons and tons of cds, people prefer to have neater stored info on hard drives etc. It makes it easier to travel, clutters places less, and is overall cheaper.

By: Nodachi

Nodachi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:59:01 +0000

Good read, reasonable.
You once said in another post that Videogames are competing against other Activitis, such as Sports etc.
But i guess you could say that CD’s have the same Problem, they are competing against Films and Videogames aswell.

By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun: I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate » The Sunday Papers

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:38:33 +0000

[...] Rob Hale chews over the recent music-industry-failing infographics and wonders whether videogames actually did kill the music industry. [...]

By: PsySal

PsySal — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:44:37 +0000

At first, I thought you were not really right, but actually if you think about it in recent years people really have been buying a LOT of TV and movies on DVD.

I’d like to see this plotted alongside movies/games, as well.

You know, there is another way to look at it, which is just culturally how are we entertaining ourselves? It used to be split between Television, Theatregoing, Music and Traveling Puppet Shows.

But now, I wonder if we don’t all just spend so much time on the interweb that it’s killing the music/television/etc. industry. Like, it’s not that we’re pirating music, it’s just that we’ve stopped being interested in it! (sorta)