Re:The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship with Hollywood
by icebraining on Saturday December 17, 2016 @06:54AM
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There are many, many films and TV shows starring the Desert Eagle, though: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle
Besides, there's a third possibility: that the Desert Eagle is simply a "cooler" weapon than the M&P, and hence chosen by gun ranges users and by film and video game producers for the same reason.
Re:The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship with Hollywood
by pps43 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @11:24AM
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That's partly because M&P hasn't been around that long. Among recent movies (released after 2005 when M&P was created), imfdb lists 10 with DE and 16 with M&P.
TV is 11 DE vs. 23 M&P, and video games 9 DE to 1 M&P.
So if you think that movies and TV shape demand, you would expect to see more demand for M&P at the ranges.
In reality the distribution of guns people ask for at the ranges is a lot closer to what's in video games than in movies/TV.
There are many "cool" guns, but if they're not in video games, nobody cares.
For example, gun ranges usually have Desert Eagle for rent, but not S&W M&P. In real life Desert Eagle is pretty rare because it is completely impractical, while S&W M&P is popular with civilians, police, and competition shooters. But in video games the situation is reversed - gamers know Desert Eagle and ask for it when they come to the range.