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NPD, GfK Chart-Track, Enterbrain Team Up to Measure Global Software Sales

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 [...]

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Online Subscriptions Contribute $1 Billion to U.S. Game Industry — PC Gaming is A-Okay?

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 [...]

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EEDAR Looks To The Future; Appoints simExchange Analyst Jesse Divnich

Helmed by one former EverQuest designer and one former EQ fanboy, game statistics firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) announced today that they are adding an analyst to the mix — Jesse Divnich, formerly of online video game prediction market The simExchange.

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The EEDAR Interview, Part Two

Join GameCyte for part two of our exclusive interview with the co-founders of Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR).

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Want a Gaming Job That Pays? Study Business.

Game industry trade periodical Game Developer just published their latest 70+ page report on industry salaries, and have released some important figures as a tease for the real McCoy.

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EEDAR’s Geoffrey Zatkin on the Value of Game Statistics

Learn how gaming statisticians are shaping the future in part one of our exclusive interview with the co-founders of EEDAR.

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MI6 Conference: Achievements, DLC and Statistical Analysis Provide “New Marketing Avenues”

Yesterday, GameCyte attended a particularly eye-opening presentation at the 2008 MI6 conference. You may never have heard of a company called Electronic Entertainment Design And Research (EEDAR), but they’re certainly interested in you.

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