Time for a bit more publisher consolidation?
Publisher consolidation is an ongoing story in any form of IP publishing. The competitive advantages of scale are so great and are becoming greater. It is something of an ongoing […]
iPhone
Android hots up even more
I am not going to apologise for writing about Android so much. Smartphones are set to become the most used computing devices on earth, easily outpacing personal computers and game […]
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. […]
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 […]