Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Top Selling Money Makers



 Like movies and cartoons, video games and motion pictures represent a special certain style of art. This form of art takes time, and money to build and is now becoming one if not the most popular form of artistic motion pictures around. The video gaming industry is an expensive one. Between mobile services, retail, the sale of certain game accessories and distribution the gaming industry brings in about $105 billion dollars worldwide each year. This is a total combination of games played and ordered online, as well as games that are produced and sold directly into video game stores. Out of the $105 Billion that is spent worldwide on video games, Americans spend around $25.3 Billion on video games contributing to the large input. According to an article from yahoo the top 5 best sellers of 2013 are starting with number 5 is Tomb Raider, with a new fantasized Lara which is the main character, and the story line and new and improved graphics Tomb Raider brought in $3.4 million copies in the first month. 4th on the list we have a video game called Injustice: Gods Among Us, this Mortal Kombat style fighting game introduces your classic hero characters into a new light. Number 3 is NBA 2kl3, this EA Sports video game has lost fans in the past but with a come back in its graphics and credibility within the EA series this video game has managed a come back coming as as 3rd on the list of best selling video games. Coming into the number 2 spot is the video game Bioshock Infinite. This out of all the video games in the top 5 as a person who does not play video games often was a video game that i have never heard of. Bioshock Infinite is a continuation of the 2007 series of Bioshock. The talk and stir up of the release of Bioshock Infinite was so popular that it was no shock to anyone when this video game made the top 5 bringing in a total of 3.7 million copies in the beginning. Topping off our top 5 best selling video games coming in at number 1 we have Call of Duty:Black Ops II. This game allows you to interact with other players online, while engaging in the realism that the new updated graphics provide. With such a high income in the sale of video games these days many wonder what causes such burst of interest. Now although billions are being spent on buying these video games, we must also think about how much money is being used to make these video games, compared to those from 10-20 years ago.

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