Are we headed for free gaming?
 The internet allows so much competition for everything that prices drop to zero. When I was young rich kids had an Encyclopedia Britannica at home which cost a lot […]
2008
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Electronic Arts pushes ad-backed video games. This is important stuff, the business model for boxed PC games is broken because of piracy. So now EA are giving Battlefield Heroes away […]
Game industry management
 I have covered this subject on here before but recent events have brought it once more into focus. Basically the history of management in the British video game industry is a […]
The near term success of the three home platforms
 The reason that people buy game consoles is to play games (except for the Sony PSP). So it is worth looking at the upcoming games on all three home consoles to see […]
The HD tipping point
 This has to be the biggest event in this generation of consoles. The point when 130 million (150 million if you include Wii) owners of old generation consoles decide […]
The technology bubble
Funny and incisive video. Â
SCi resignations
 Regular readers here will be well aware that in global IP publishing there are enormous economies of scale. These infer a great competitive advantage on big publishers. This is […]