No light at the end of the tunnel for Electronic Arts
For very many years Electronic Arts were the biggest game publisher on earth. They have an income of billions every year and they employ thousands of people all around the […]
Activision
$304,149,300 stolen from Activision
That’s right, over 300 million dollars stolen just of the one game, Modern Warfare 2, in 2009. Obviously Activision had much more stolen from them with other titles, but MW2 […]
Modern Warfare 2 and game pricing
Firstly you may well have heard that most console games make a loss and it is only the occasional hit that pays to keep the industry going. I have to […]
Fun with Google Trends
Google Trends is brilliant for seeing how well a brand is doing out there on the interweb and thus in the real world. Here is a traditional publisher going steadily […]
Is it worth developing for PS3?
The business model for console games in this generation is not a good one. Games are very expensive to develop but most make a loss, it is only the occasional […]
Modern Warfare 2 Vs Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
I worked on the original Operation Flashpoint at Codemasters (I am even in the game!). At the time we were mainly a console publisher and were being hammered by PS1 […]