Wow, good job gang. Way to totally NOT prove his point by following his post up with immature and/or fanboy filled responses.

"Just because videogames take inspiration from books, movies and music doesn't mean to say they are the samething."

So, a movie tie-in game, where you basically play out the movie, but in video game form, is not basically one and the same thing to you?

the first quarter of 2009 saw PS3 sales of 1.1 million units, compared to 1.6 million units year-on-year, while PSP sales declined to 1.3 million units from 3.7 million.

I think THOSE are the figures Sony is more concerned with.

That's not losing money on digital distribution, that's losing money on piracy. They are, in fact, making plenty of money off digital distribution. Ripping my CDs into MP3s and sharing them is not digital distribution, buying songs from iTunes and Amazon is. The 2 are similar, but are not one and the same.

I will agree however that the do have heavy investments in retail stores and that is why these labels are dragged, kicking an screaming at every turn, into the "digital age>"

Yes, video games are a TOTALLY different medium, with nothing in common.....except games that are made into movies.......movies that are made into games..........books that are made into games..........games that are made into books........Hmmmmm, actually you know what?

And don't even get me starting on music, because we all know music adds NOTHING to the atmosphere and feel of a game. When "i want epic experiences, cutting edge, experiences," I know music does NOTHING to add to that. And professional recording artists have NOTHING to do with video games, just ask Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DDR, etc...... Metallica didn't (and Pearl Jam isn't about to) release their songs on Rock Band in unison with the release of their new album(s), they clearly do NOT matter to one another.

All these mediums are very closely intertwined, and anyone disagreeing isn't being realistic.