It's no surprise that video games about current conflicts around the world are yielding far higher revenue than Hollywood movies about those same conflicts.
The bigger issue, though, will be heard in front of The Supreme Court in a few weeks.
Schwarzenegger v. Electronic Merchant Association/Entertainment Software Association will impact the future of video game retail sales, at least in California for the short term.
G4 has a nice summary of the arguments, broken into three parts. I was fortunate enough to get a preview of the case from The Chamber of Commerce, because their Litigation Center is helping with the case, and I took home a copy of the brief.
Adam Sessler chimes in, too: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707646/Sesslers-Soapbox-Gaming-is-Not-a-Crime.html
The basic summary is that the state of California wants to restrict the sale of M-rated video games to minors. Next thing we know, we'll be forced to refer to the Taliban as "Opposing Forces" in the new Medal of Honor game. Craaap that already happened!!
The First Amendment seems to be a popular little guy this year, and that makes me uncomfortable.
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