The 7 reasons a person buys a game, in order of importance
This is really interesting stuff from Doug Creutz of Cowen Group in Gamsutra. He has done some research and analysis which has resulted in this list of the top 7 […]
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What is going wrong in the game industry at the moment?
There are a lot of doom and gloom headlines around at the moment. Lots of development staff being laid off, games selling far less than expected, major publishers making massive […]
The Wii bubble has burst
Inevitably, and for reasons explained many times on here, the Wii bubble has finally burst. In the half year to the end of September sales were down by 40% compared […]
The relentless Xbox machine rolls on
I am very, very glad that I am not in competition with Microsoft’s Xbox division. They really are grinding the opposition down. And it is not as if they are […]
Lack of games under development
There is increasing anecdotal evidence and deductions from news items indicate that there is currently a big slowdown in games under development worldwide. Development staff are being laid off in […]
Microsoft to buy Electronic Arts?
Since 2007 I have been predicting on here that Electronic Arts (EA) would be bought out. At one stage it looked very much as if Apple were going to be […]
What do game publishers do and is there any need for them?
I was actually in at the very beginning of this in the late 70s and early 80s. Back then if you wrote a game you had to manufacture, market and […]