Nintendo 3DS, the first true 3D console
Nintendo were in a bit of a corner really with the sudden spurt of growth in the smartphone market and the associated application stores. From a strategic marketing perspective Nintendo […]
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Some facts about the game thieves
I have written on here many times before about the way the internet has facilitated an orgy of stealing unprecedented in the history of mankind. Many tens of millions of […]
AAA games. A broken business model
I have written about this before, but now some commentators have had their $0.02 worth, so I thought I would revisit the topic. Game executives and financial people all over […]
Facebook on smartphones to take over the world
The internet is changing very fast. Take video for instance, last year (2009) YouTube was bigger than the whole internet was in the year 2000. And in many ways Facebook […]
Mobile devices and form factor
Mobile devices such as smartphones, netbooks and now tablets are becoming increasingly important as computing devices and therefore as gaming machines. In just a few short years from now over […]
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 […]
Sony and PS3. Looking good
Being a hardware platform holder is not easy, there are so many pressures waiting to destroy you, technology, competition, piracy, fashion. So, over the years we have seen many platform […]