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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TektodoWeekly Episode 3

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Kyle

Microsoft and the OLPC team up, Philaedelphia loses its city-wide Wi-Fi, CNET Networks gets sold, Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million… and more. Download this episode (right click + Save Link As) Subscribe to TektodoWeekly in iTunes

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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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Grand Theft Auto IV smashes sales records

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Kyle

About a week ago, I commented on how Grand Theft Auto IV was the most expensive game ever produced.  Well, GTA IV has broken other records too, namely, that of the largest grossing title in entertainment history.  On its first day, GTA IV brought in approximately $310 million, with sales of around 3.6 million units.  [...]

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