Recently, I’ve had on-going conversations with my youngest son about movie box office sales versus video games sales. We’ve talked about how video games have surpassed box office sales. And that got us to making predictions.
Mine is that eventually, going to see movies at the theater will become obsolete. My son had a good point to substantiate this theory when he pointed out how ridiculously expensive it is to go and see a movie, compared with how one can get hours more satisfaction from a video game purchase.
That got us to discussing how when going to the movies, not only does the box office rob you blind, but heaven’s forbid you get thirsty or hungry while there, for those purchases can tap out one’s available cash in no time. And if you’re going to the movies on a date? How boring. To spend all that time “together” without being able to talk to one another, instead being silenced by what’s on the screen.
Despite all the negative hype video games receive, there are pluses to them. Many are basing their “storylines” on actual historical facts, enabling those who engage to soak up a bit of learning in the process. I’m a fan of that. And most games are now interactive, allowing the players to work “with” a friend while playing the game whether that friend is sitting beside them or in their own home. They do this by communicating via a Bluetooth-like attachment, thus promoting mutual interaction and encouraging conversation. I’m a fan of this, as well.
With the rapid advances of technology and the desire for folks to have easy access to affordable forms of entertainment, I believe that movies, at least seeing them in the theater, will eventually become a thing of the past, as mush so as going to drive-ins has.
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