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Earlier today I posted that rumour about THQ possibly going out of business and during the research of that story I stumbled across gaming companies market sizes and thought it may be of interest to some.
So without further delay, here are the top gaming companies organised by the market size of their entire company on the 16th of January 2012 as listed on the New York Stock Exchange and found on ... [»]
You know there is something massively wrong with the world and the financial markets in particular when you make a game that pulls in over a billion dollars in 16 days and yet are still refused credit. And yet that is what is happening with Vivendi SA, the ... [»]
No that’s not a typo, according to VG247 Modern Warfare 3 has smashed the 5 day entertainment record by bringing in $775 million in 5 days. That’s seven hundred and seventy five million dollars in 5 days, that’s incredible.So which titan of the entertainment industry did Modern Warfare ... [»]
So you’ve just struck gold with the Powerball jackpot, or you’ve sold your organs to a wealthy German business person, or maybe the SANBS has finally started paying for a pint of that crimson oil running through your veins. The point is, you’ve got cash, lots of it, and you want to spend it.
You could probably invest it, securing your future for the long-term, or maybe even give some to charity, seeing as it is ... [»]
Promotionalcodes.org.uk have commissioned an infographic to be made that details how much money Sony has lost thanks to the PSN hack fiasco and how it all came about.Infographics are always fun and they make it so much easier to put these big numbers into perspective. For example the total cost of ... [»]
While all the focus at the moment is on Sony’s PSN disaster it’s easy to forget the other two competitors have big news at the moment as well.We already heard that Nintendo are releasing a successor the phenomenally successful Wii next year and now Microsoft ... [»]
The biggest gaming news story of the year to date is undoubtedly the huge breach in Sony’s network security, that’s left 77 million PSN users’ data compromised. It’s obviously going to cost the company big; not only in user sentiment and trust, but also financially.Just how much could it end up costing Sony?According to one security data research firm, the breach could end up with Sony receiving a ... [»]
I love infographic’s, they give us all the information we need without the need for all those complicated sentences and words and stuff… who says we’re getting dumber?Anyway in all seriousness here is an infographic I stumbled across this morning which shows all the successes the Xbox 360 has been having ... [»]
Remember back when everyone was snorting at Microsoft’s predicted Kinect sales of 3 million? Then when they revised that to 5 million people started to think the Xbox bosses were on crack or something.Well the official financial results are now out and Microsoft is announcing ... [»]
Video games are changing. Gone are the days when people bought games, played them for a while and then moved on. With titles like Call of Duty and Halo, we now see many gamers buy a title, play through the single player, and then literally spend the next couple of months playing the game.You are getting hours, days, months and in some case even years of gameplay out of a single title these days, and ... [»]
The financial gurus over at Bloomberg reckon that Xbox Live has netted the Redmond giant over a billion Dollars is revenue this past fiscal year. They got to this figure using conservative estimates based on Microsoft reports. According to Microsoft, about half of its 25 million Live subscribers pay for Xbox Live Gold, allowing them access to multiplayer and ... [»]
The diminutive Activision executive that everybody loves to hate has told the financial times that he’s frustrated by the Xbox Live model – which sees Microsoft benefitting from 3rd party online content more than the creators of said content. Because y’know…he just doesn’t make enough money. To illustrate his point, he cited the success of Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Pack as an example – a pretty good one, considering ... [»]
It’s a new(ish) month! that means there’s a whole bunch of new games being released – and this month there are some biggies. The most anticipated of this month’s releases is no doubt StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty, the sequel to the world’s most popular RTS – and is expected to have gamers Zerg-rushing retail stores. StarCraft II will be available nationally on 27 July. ... [»]
Microsoft have released their financial result for the first quarter of this year, ending March 31. What they reveals is that – as expected – Microsoft makes a whole bunch of money. Despite a 12 percent decrease in year-on-year sales of the 360, profits for the quarter were up. Lots up! Then Entertainment division – which includes Xbox 360, Zune and *chuckle* Games for Windows pulled in a ... [»]
Since Jason West and Frank Zampella’s somewhat less than amicable split from Activision, the situation at the in-house Infinity Ward seems to have gone from bad, to worse. And now with the founding duo having set up their own studio, cleverly called Respawn entertainment, Activision may be looking at a mass exodus of Infinity Ward staff. ... [»]
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