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...Monday, May 5, 2008
The list of predicted casualties from Grand Theft Auto IV continues to grow. We already had the innocence of our children, safe driving, and virtual hookers everywhere — now, to that list, we are advised to add Wii sales. Spotted over at Kotaku, analysts are saying Wii sales will start to dip as more folks [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
Coming on the heels of an announcement that Activision will not be in attendance at E3 and that Activision and Vivendi Games are leaving the ESA, there is news that Foundation 9 and NCsoft will not be attending the annual entertainment expo. The industry show has been in turmoil ever since the decision was made [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
In the aftermath of one of the largest video game launches of the year, if not of history, Microsoft and Sony are trying to use the retail numbers to jockey for position in their hardware war. Currently, Microsoft is bragging that the 360 edition of Grand Theft Auto IV is outselling to the PS3 version [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 28, 2008
We’ve already heard that Grand Theft Auto IV will probably outsell Halo 3; and this won’t be the first time Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has estimated the game will move 9 million copies. But now, Pachter tells the Associated Press that the game won’t sell that nine million over the course of the year, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
From a simple glance at the monthly NPD numbers, Nintendo’s Wii would seem to be kicking some serious butt — but the New York Times begs to differ. While the Wii’s cultural phenomenon may have moved hardware off store shelves and into consumers’ living rooms, the same cannot be said for the Wii’s growing [...]
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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