New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why do games (as media) make so much money?

Ask HN: Why do games (as media) make so much money?
3 by ido | 1 comments on Hacker News.
We often hear how the games industry is bigger in terms of $ than film & music put together. But looking around it's still less universal than e.g. TV (±"everyone" watches TV but not everyone plays video games). How come games make more money as an industry than other media?