Some very strange pronouncements from Microsoft
I have predicted in the past that eventually Microsoft’s Xbox/Live/Zune business would grow to become bigger than their PC business. If you look at the trends over the last two […]
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$304,149,300 stolen from Activision
That’s right, over 300 million dollars stolen just of the one game, Modern Warfare 2, in 2009. Obviously Activision had much more stolen from them with other titles, but MW2 […]
A true measure of Microsoft Xbox 360 success
So today we are looking at the console platforms and their performance in the American market (the world’s biggest) from a software sales point of view. This is looking at […]
Nintendo Vitality Sensor has great potential
At E3 in 2009 Nintendo announced their Vitality Sensor and the video game world yawned. Just recently they have announced that they will be showing games for it at 2010 […]
Game sales down by 18%
Last week we had the USA October sales statistics from NPD showing game sales of $573 million, down from $698 million last year. So are we in trouble? Is gaming […]
The Wii bubble has burst
Inevitably, and for reasons explained many times on here, the Wii bubble has finally burst. In the half year to the end of September sales were down by 40% compared […]
The relentless Xbox machine rolls on
I am very, very glad that I am not in competition with Microsoft’s Xbox division. They really are grinding the opposition down. And it is not as if they are […]