Killing off World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is an amazing gaming phenomenon and is the cash cow of all cash cows. It has 11 million monthly subscribers, which is over 60% of the total […]
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Halo MMO: 300,000 simultaneous players?
The rumour mills are running hot after Microsoft put the following in a job advertisement: “And that’s not all, Microsoft is currently building a backend capable of hosting a 300,000 […]
Eight percent of gamers are addicts
I have written about this before and for the gaming industry it is a far bigger problem than violence in games (which isn’t really a problem except in the minds […]
Free Realms. Over 2 million users in less than a month
Sorry for mentioning this again so soon, but the speed that this is ramping up is increasing. A great success story for Sony to have after a few bad years. […]
Will this beat World of Warcraft?
One of the effects of capitalism is that competition drives prices down. Hence globalisation enables us to buy far more stuff with our money than ever before. And where something […]
Over 1 million sign for Free Realms in 17 days
I have said many times that I like business models other than paying at the point of purchase. I have also said that I think MMOs and social networking will […]
Swine flu, at least it will be good for games
So we are at the beginnings of what looks like a very virulent pandemic. The 1918 flu reached everyone on earth including remote Eskimos and jungle tribes so expect this […]