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Read More »Carmack questions idea of console generation switch
Id Software co-founder John Carmack has said he is dissatisfied with the industry abandoning aging console generations and the huge audiences that they have in favour of rising costs and added risk. Speaking toWiredon the 20th anniversary of Doom, the trailblazing first-person shooter he co-created with Jon Romero, Carmack said …
Read More »Premium pricing will survive but console F2P important for new IP
Free games are not a threat to triple-A console releases. That’s according to experts from the biggest free-to-play companies. Execs at CCP and Wargaming dismiss the idea that all games in the future will be free, but tell MCV that free-to-play is a great way to break new IP. It …
Read More »Take-Two not convinced by triple-A free-to-play
The CEO of Take-Two has expressed scepticism about the potential of publishers to make significant money from triple-A free-to-play games. "I’m not psyched about a business where three per cent of your customers pay you, which is what you’re dealing with," Strauss Zelnick said at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference, …
Read More »Zelnick unimpressed by Asian free-to-play market
Xbox One, PS4 to overtake previous generation in five years, says Take-Two CEO
Read More »EA’s Wilson: Sony and Microsoft to face console challengers
New CEO expects duopoly of console market to be shaken by Apple, Roku
Read More »PS4 becomes fastest-selling console in UK history
Sony’s new home console beats eight-year record set by PSP
Read More »Rubin: Nintendo is irrelevant as a hardware manufacturer
Naughty Dog co-founder and former boss of now defunct publisher THQ has written off Nintendo’s position in the hardware business. "Nintendo is irrelevant as a hardware manufacturer in the console business," Jason Rubin told GameTrailers, as reported by GameRevolution. He added, however, that the platform holder is a "worldwide treasure" …
Read More »PS4 beats Xbox One to fastest selling UK console ever crown
Sony’s PS4 is officially the fastest selling console in UK history. Gfk Chart-Track has confirmed that the machine has beaten PSP’s eight year-old sales record of 180k units sold in its first week. Xbox One sold 150k units in its first week. (Note that in both instances ‘week’ refers to …
Read More »Söderlund questions free-to-play console future
The launch of Xbox One and PS4 is awash with free games. Or rather, freemium games. Glorified demos that if players want full access to, they’ll have to pay. Free-to-play has become the dominant force in mobile, almost entirely replacing the premium model. But EA Studios boss Patrick Sderlund is …
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