Here’s a statistic that, at least if you were born at any point prior to the 1990s, is probably pretty hard to believe. By revenue, the gaming industry is bigger than both the movie industry and the music industry — combined. And for the past several years, it hasn’t been particularly close. The difference is consistently more than $100 billion per year. Games are a massive market, one that’s mostly targeted at young people. But despite those numbers, for the most part, the games industry has avoided mainstream scrutiny. You’ll see far more discussion about, say, Sydney Sweeney or Taylor Swift than you’ll ever see about prominent video game voice actors and directors — who pretty much no one knows anything about. Everyone’s heard of Lionsgate, or Paramount, but almost no one’s heard of studios like “Don’t Nod Entertainment,” for example.
And that’s…
