Android and Apple both go for it
Smartphones are going to put more processing power in the hands of more people than computers and game consoles put together. And it is going to happen very quickly indeed. […]
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The market will be blockbusters, niche products and nothing else
I have been prompted to write this by a leader column in the Economist and it is something I have alluded to in previous articles. This is something that has […]
Game marketing is three times more important than product quality
This makes absolute complete and utter sense. People buy perceptions, not reality. And people are far more concerned about peer pressure than they are concerned about their own judgement. There […]
Game sales down by 18%
Last week we had the USA October sales statistics from NPD showing game sales of $573 million, down from $698 million last year. So are we in trouble? Is gaming […]
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 […]
More immense Apple App Store numbers
The App Store is an accident of history. (But one that was predicted on here). Apple had been making MP3 tracks available for a few years on the iStore. When […]
Will lightning strike twice at Apple?
I opened one of the first computer stores, Microdigital in Liverpool, in 1978. So I was in a good position to see the rise of Apple to dominate the personal […]