ars technica - When it comes to the big three entertainment industries, movies and music have been slowly losing ground to gaming for years now. Growth of the game industry has been relentless for the past few years and shows little sign of slowing down. And while the other industries are evolving in their own right, it appears that video games are going to play an increasingly crucial role in the future strategies of the music industry.
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According to a new report from NPD, which calls video games "an important source for music discovery," consumer demand for music dropped 2 percent in the third quarter of 2008 and the industry suffered an overall decline in purchased CDs, digital music downloads, and even peer-to-peer sharing. Certain demographics saw some pretty substantial drops; sales in the teenage demographic dropped 34 percent while sales in the adults aged 26 to 35 demographic dropped 36 percent.
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