The battle between the Video Game and Movie industry continues on, driven by Generation Z's preference for video games over movies. According to a 2024 report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a staggering 63% of Gen Z individuals prefer playing video games to watching films (compared
In fairness, movies these days aren’t as good as they were in the eighties, and video games in the eighties… mostly weren’t amazing, and people still play the ones that were good. You can only watch a good movie every so often, but you can play a great game for ages. It’d be weird if we didn’t see this trend.
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In fairness, movies these days aren’t as good as they were in the eighties, and video games in the eighties… mostly weren’t amazing, and people still play the ones that were good. You can only watch a good movie every so often, but you can play a great game for ages. It’d be weird if we didn’t see this trend.