A lengthy feature in The Los Angeles Times yesterday covered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s astounding commercial success, once again framing the game’s $550 million five-day revenues against Hollywood blockbusters. But there was also talk from internal sources of intensified activity on the franchise. Reporter Ben Fritz wrote, "One …
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The new data shows that traditional subscriptions to newspapers and magazines are falling away, but digital subscriptions are holding up despite tough economic times. In August 2009, 81 percent of U.S. households subscribed to a television service and 76 percent paid for Internet subscriptions. Seventeen percent subscribed to an online …
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Company COO John Pleasants foresees the internet's influence in the rapidly shifting games business
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EA is flaunting the popularity of its online game services by announcing that its Sports label has clocked 500m online games since June last year. EA says that an average of 2.2 million online games have been played each day since June; when the publisher first started releasing its 2009 …
Read More »Online games studios vs offline ones – who’s the best?
Spoiler: the one with long-term revenue streams. Yet the UK still lacks multiple major MMO firms...
Read More »CHINA: Online gaming sees massive growth
The online games market in china grew to $1.66 billion last year, according to market research firm Pearl Research. China’s most popular online games include Netease’s Fantasy Westward Journey, with 1.66 million peak concurrent users, followed by Giant Interactive’s Zhengtu Online with 1.52 million. The year 2007 exceeded expectations with …
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