"gaming" articles
The casual gaming industry, already a billion dollar business, is still firing on all cylinders. Companies focusing on traditional business models such as try and download and subscription services are doing just fine. Big Fish Games recently got $83 million in new funding and Oberon Media got another $20 million to scale its business. As an industry, however, these business models are experiencing slower growth rates. The two high-growth areas are social gaming and flash gaming. These...
I was telling a reporter the other day that although it's unlikely that the three console makers will reduce their prices to adapt to the poor economic environment, we'll definitely see more and better bundles this holiday season, especially from Microsoft and Sony. Guess what, we are still a month away from Thanksgiving, Black Friday style deals are already emerging. Here's one example from Dell's online store. Not a bad deal, really...
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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, apparently is a gamer at heart. I'm not sure which gamer segment he belongs to. Maybe dormant gamers?
Over the past several years, Jeff has invested in Second Life (a 3D virtual world company) and Kongregate (Youtube of games), and two days ago Amazon bought Reflexive for an undisclosed amount. Reflexive is a casual game developer, portal, and digital distribution platform. It is relatively unknown compared to some of the bigger casual game...
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Digital Media & Gaming, Parks Associates , will present consumer data and market trends in interactive media at a special Parks Associates-sponsored session Consumers and Interactive Entertainment at Digital Hollywood, Santa Monica, Calif., on Wednesday, October 29 at 11 AM at The Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel - Escondido Room 8th Floor.
This special session discusses consumption of interactive entertainment in the digital era. It examines...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) says that consumer spending for electronics goods will be half of what it was last year, according to a New York Times article . The organization says it found a drop in the percentage of consumers expressing an intention to buy video games, cameras, music players and laptops.
The association said it found that consumers expected to spend an average of $1,437 during the holidays on items including gifts, food and home purchases. That...
IGA is now the exclusive partner for the world's two biggest game publishers on the Playstation3 platform. A couple of months after announcing a multi-year exlusive deal with EA on the PS3 platform, IGA did it again today by adding Activision. Now it is well positioned in the console in-game advertising space against Massive (Microsoft). Advertisers interested in running ads in some of the most popular games can deal with just two companies, Massive on the Xbox 360 platform and IGA on the...
It's raining cats and dogs here in NYC and the presence of all the presidents from around the world makes the traffic even worse. I'm staying dry inside in the Jewish Museum of Heritage, attending the NY Games Conference. BTW, the President of Iran is staying at the Ritz, which is next door to the museum, how ironic.
I just finished my panel on Online Games and MMORPGs, which followed John Smedley's Keynote (John is the CEO of SOE-Sony Online Entertainment). During John's keynote,...
So I've been following the launch of Warhammer with great interest. It's heralded as the best MMORPG since WOW by gaming press. More than 1 million gamers played the Beta and EA shipped 1.5 million units to retailers. Judging by these numbers, the game has done quite well. Its Realm vs. Realm play appeals to many MMO fans. During launch, I got calls from several reporters covering the story. My key points were: 1. the game might be the most successful since WOW but nobody can really shake...
