Today, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has announced GamePulse, a online service that allows industry professionals to access and analyze a wealth of data -- from individual game facts to high-level sales and trends -- all from the convenience of their web browser. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to witness the system [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
Any individual gamer may or may not have care how many units of Tales of Vesperia flew off store shelves in Japan last week -- but as a whole we gamers sure do love our statistics. And whether gathering ammunition for the "console wars,' reveling in the fact that that their favorite medium sold better [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
Looking at previous generations of video game hardware, there have regularly been big winners and big losers in what are dubbed the "console wars." PS1 trounced the Dreamcast and N64. PS2 continues to thrive even as Xbox and GameCube lie all-but-forgotten. Nintendo's Game Boys have historically driven all competitors out of business. But in this [...]
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...Friday, June 13, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated repeatedly when it suits our diabolical purpose. Enthusiast: Won't help you steal high-priced gasoline: Syphon Filter 3 on PSN (PlayStation.Blog) Mod chips gain legal precedent in UK, jury still out on mod dip (Team Xecuter via GameSpot) This week's Virtual Console lineup rocks for Europe, why the hell don't we [...]
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...Thursday, May 15, 2008
The April NPD numbers are here, and once again the gaming industry performs as if recession meant every American had $600 burning a hole in their pocket and only games to spend it on. With multiple Guinness World Records in its honor, even with only five days worth of sales there was no question whatsoever [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
While plenty of gamers seem to enjoy drinking to the death of PC gaming, I won't be the first to point out that their kool-aid typically consists only of lackluster retail sales figures, with little or no thought towards digital distribution or the all-important subscription revenues of blockbusters like World of Warcraft. But starting [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
Next-Gen recently spoke with Kevin Unangst, global director of Games for Windows, about the vitality of the PC gaming market. And guess what, folks? He's bullish.
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