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Computer gamers cold to movie cross-overs
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Seth Schiesel
International Herald Tribune
05-29-2004
When a big-budget movie is released, a spinoff video game now routinely shares the spotlight. But of the 10 top-selling games for video consoles in the United States last year, only one was based on a film, a television show or a book: Enter the Matrix. For the PC, no such games made the top 10. Those figures, compiled by NPD Group, a market research firm, affirm what the marketplace has already established: Video games based on Hollywood and book licenses are almost never big hits. Instead, year after year, games based on original ...
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