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Re:Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation by foepys on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:08AM (#18739396)
You cannot compare games to music unless you include all licensing revenue for radio stations, films etc. I don't own a single Beatles album but I still know a lot of their songs.
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Re:Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation by freddie_mercury on Saturday December 22, 2018 @03:33AM (#18739638)
Videogame revenue surpassed the U.S. movie and music industry in 2005 and 2007 respectively, including all licensing.
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