MediaGuardian Review 2010: entertainment

Music, film and DVD industries took a battering but November games sales offer some cheerBritain's entertainment media took a battering throughout most of 2010, although a series of big releases in November showed the embattled consumer was still willing to splash out.Music sales are down between 4% and 5% ahead of the pre-Christmas run, film and DVDs are off 8% (in spite of record-breaking sales of Avatar on DVD) and games suffered worst of all, down 12% as enthusiasm for the Wii wore off. The ...

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