Growing up – the video game industry’s move towards mass appeal

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Kyle

With E3 now over, it’s customary for people to declare one company a “winner” of the show.  However, this year, the winner isn’t Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony, the winner, or winners, are consumers, specifically, “casual” gamers.  If one thing was apparent during this year’s E3, it was that casual games have become big business in [...]

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Is the console war over?

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Kyle

In a recent article, I discussed how U.S. sales of the Xbox 360 had reached 10 million and that Don Mattrick, head of the Xbox division at Microsoft, stated that “history has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle.”  However, does there really have to [...]

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U.S. Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Kyle

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that 10 million Xbox 360s have been sold, beating out Nintendo’s 8.8 million Wiis and Sony’s 4.1 million PS3s.  The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Don Mattrick, stated that “history has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle.”  However, let’s not forget [...]

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Sony fans won’t be going “Home” until later this year

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Kyle

PlayStation Home, Sony’s highly anticipated virtual gaming world (à la Second Life), has been delayed.  Sony President, Kaz Hirai, announced yesterday that gamers won’t be seeing a public release of the service until late this year, stating that he felt the service needs more time before it is up to par. Sony certainly has an [...]

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Why do games cost so much to produce?

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Kyle

In yesterday’s article, I talked about Grand Theft Auto IV and how it was the most expensive game ever produced.  Sopranogrl22 left a good comment asking why it costs so much to produce a game like GTAIV.  While I certainly don’t know of all the aspects that go into game production, I do have some [...]

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