Earlier this month, GameCyte offered a psychological examination of in-game achievements. We spoke to respected researchers from within the field, who helped us explore the reasons why gamers are so drawn to shiny trophies and higher Gamerscores. Those reasons were many, but regardless of your particular reason of choice, the fact is that more and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
With a rumor swirling around our fair internet this morning that Google was preparing to buy Valve “any second now,” the speculators at The Inquirer certainly had the games industry in a tizzy. The games media, in turn, did their homework, and Valve’s Doug Lombardi denied such rumors to several sources in no uncertain terms. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 1, 2008
“It reminds me of the circumstances attendant upon the death of Van Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year ’34. Do you remember the case, Gregson?” “No, sir.” “Read it up – you really should. There is nothing new under the sun.” – A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle Those who try to apply analysis to make predictions about an [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 30, 2008
It would appear that we, as a society, are right to worry about the gaming behemoth seizing our children and overtaking society: We seem to be spending more money on games than ever before. In a press release issued this morning, market research firm DFC Intelligence made another optimistic proclamation about the health and future [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 19, 2008
February 22nd. April 11th. May 16th. June 16th. July 18th. What do these disparate days have in common? They’re all seemingly arbitrary ‘expiration dates’ by which Take-Two or its shareholders had to either fork over the company to Electronic Arts in exchange for $25.74 per share, or risk the unthinkable — a one-month extension. CNET [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 21, 2008
As the console wars rage on, armchair quarterbacks and company executives alike continue their foolhardy attempts to predict the outcome. But what about the real prognosticators? Michael Pachter, Colin Sebastian, and Jesse Divnich are industry analysts with a proven track record, and though we’re not sure if they’ll appreciate how closely we positioned their names, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Take-Two has released the numbers from Grand Theft Auto IV’s opening week, and everyone was right on the money — and there was a lot of money. GTA4 has broken the records for day-one sales and week-one sales, with global numbers coming to 3.6 million units on opening day, and 6 million units in its [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
With all manner of people talking about Nintendo’s stellar profits, there is one segment of the population that still questions Nintendo’s financial future: analysts. The main reason for the aura of disappointment around the company is that Nintendo’s predictions of its net income over the course of the next financial year do not meet the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
Sure, games are selling quite nicely right now. Sure, the last couple of months were ahead of expectations by large margins. But nothing lasts forever, says an analyst for investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Continue reading...Monday, March 31, 2008
BusinessWeek is reporting that Sony’s high-definition video format Blu-ray is booming, and thanks mostly to the PlayStation 3.
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