Entries in 'Opinion' (68)
OPINION: A slightly longer wait for tax breaks can't hurt
This long and at times painful hardware generation – it will be eight years since the 360 unveiling when we see the Next Xbox in three weeks – is matched ...
OPINION: Where now for Nintendo?
As if the varied reporting on Nintendo’s financials this morning is not confusing enough, the disparity of the analysis could well baffle many readers.
OPINION: Tables turn at HMV as games suppliers fear retreat
The words look the same, but they are in a different order.
OPINION: Are the biggest games on the planet being ignored?
My annual trip to San Francisco for GDC last month was primarily in the service of MCV sister title Develop.
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OPINION: Can Nintendo stop history repeating itself?
Of course the sassy answer to any retailer telling you Wii U is ‘GameCube all over again’ is ‘What? Some of the most praised first-party games ever and the world’s ...
OPINION: The return of the format wars; What next for Wii U?
In times of uncertainty on the High Street, it’s reassuring to feel some of that old-fashioned friction that only the games market can provide.
OPINION: Bittersweet lesson as THQ evaporates
When THQ shut down, recently appointed president Jason Rubintweeted a picture of himself leaving the premises, giant purple Saints Row-branded dildo slung over his shoulder.
His Master's Void: HMV's struggle is a warning about retail consolidation
The damage done by the potential evaporation of HMV on the High Street will hit closer to home in the music and film markets than it will for games.
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OPINION: Farewell to the PS2, the greatest console the world has ever known
I vividly remember the first time I experienced PS2.
OPINION: All I want for Christmas is U?
Those looking for a way to criticise the Wii U launch last week had plenty of material at their disposal.
OPINION: Kickstarter is making me feel Dizzy
I feel like I’ve been here before recently. And I still feel uneasy about it.
OPINION: COD's numbers don't matter, it's COD culture that counts
Every conflicting statement about Black Ops II on the cover of this week's MCV is true.
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OPINION: The Gamestation gamble
From the moment there ceased to be a GAME and Gamestation store in every major town, Game Retail Group must have known a unification of its brands was inevitable.
OPINION: £250 is one of the cheapest launches ever, but is Wii U cheap enough?
I’m not going to lie – I thought Nintendo had to come in at £199.99 or below.
PC at Gamescom: The epicentre of everything
E3 loves consoles, yet Gamescom championed the soaring PC, NetworkN's James Binns explains
OPINION: Yes, $100 is too much to charge users of Steam Greenlight
$100. That is much it will cost for users to register to submit their games on Greenlight.
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OPINION: Xbox 720 in 2014? You never know, but I doubt it
It was very, very nearly revealed at E3 back in June, but talk of a longer than expected wait for Xbox 720 is bubbling up once again.
OPINION: Microsoft and the Xbox 720 guessing game
The thing is, it’s not really Microsoft’s fault. It’s ours.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIAL: The media's perspective
Following our look at how social media can be used to build communities, IGN's Rich Keen discusses the new challenges this poses for media firms as pubishers and developers ...
OPINION: Crystal Dynamics embroiled in Tomb Raider 'rape' controversy
The maker of the new Tomb Raider has distanced itself from the use of the word ‘rape’ to describe an incident in the new adventure title.
OPINION: E3's core focus comes at a cost
It's unfair to judge the games businesses that effectively run E3 based on the presentation for its products.
OPINION: The danger of taking E3 out of context
Some surprises are always kept secret, and some expected announcements seem to disappear into nothingness.
OPINION: Will E3 be big and brash? Or coy and quiet?
The immediate impression in Los Angeles next week will likely be that E3 is, once again, in its big and brash form.
OPINION: A moment in chart history
When the trade clicked open its Monday morning UKIE charts update this week, the big story was the data that wasn’t listed.
MCV AWARDS: Middle aged or different age?
Ten years of MCV Awards and, yep, things have changed. Even the most leaden-footed industry will have evolved in that time. But there was a sense last night of more ...
