Entertainment & Sports
Apr. 30, 2010
Video Game Profits Prompt Lawsuits
Now that video games revenues can match Hollywood blockbusters, the number of disputes over backend compensation in the video game industry is likely to increase.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Until recently, video games were inexpensive to produce and saw modest sales, and disputes over hefty profit-participation agreements were something best left to the film and television industries.
Now that games take as much as $25 million to develop, with revenues that routinely match the box office of a Hollywood blockbuster, lawyers say the once-small number of p...
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