Video games are kicking ass. Music not so much.

Consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers is predicting that the video game industry is poised to overtake the music industry as soon as this year with regards to overall consumer spending.

Contributing to the success of the video game industry (which is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 9.1%) is gigantic in-game advertising growth.

Contributing to the continued floundering of the music industry: stories like this one.

[ArsTechnica]