UK retail game sales surpass music industry
The UK's Entertainment Retailers' Association's latest figures show video game sales have surpassed music at retail and are quickly catching up to DVD revenues. The organization states music sales are still important, but value has diminished as game sales go on a rampage. MCV posts that game sales went from £1.3 billion in 2005 to £1.7 billion in sales last year; meanwhile, music sales went from £1.8 billion to £1.4 billion in the same time and continue trending downward.
The video and DVD market is stagnant in the UK and maintained £2.1 billion in sales for the last three years. The current data shows that at the game industry's current rate of growth it'll surpass movies at retail in the near future. Just to be clear, these are strictly ERA-tracked retail numbers and do not take into account online sales through systems like iTunes or Xbox Live.
[Via GameDaily]
