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Video Game Sales Bigger Than DVDs and Blu-ray Sales Last Year

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Brian Ashcraft
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Last year, video games trumped the global combined sales of DVD and Blu-ray. Congrats, video games!

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The sales of video games grew 20 percent to US$32 billion while the sales of DVD and Blu-ray slumped 6 percent to US$29 billion. Does that mean more people bought video games?

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Nope! With video games carrying a higher price tag, more people bought movies, so there you go.

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Video Games Outsold DVD and Blu-ray For the First Time in 2008 [Gizmodo]