Ascovel,
I can't speak for the film business, but I've worked for quite a few of the major game publishers (and quite a number of smaller developers), and their legal departments all require that unsolicited manuscripts, game ideas, demos, etc. be sent back unopened. This is to ensure that if the company puts out a game that seems similar to something that was submitted, the company has the legal defense that the submission was never even opened.
That's not to say that individuals within the company never break with their company's rules and look at submissions that their friends, acquaintances, etc. put in front of them.
Publishers look at submissions all the time IF the proper paperwork is all in place first, but the publisher has to have a good reason to spend the time and money to arrange that. Somebody coming in off the street with an idea is not liable to generate that kind of interest for them. A development house with credentials, however, can generally get their ideas considered. (If that sounds to you like a Catch-22, you're right.)
--Josh
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