Going Mobile

As you may know from some of my previous posts, I have four sons who love to play video games. Whether I hear explosion blasts blaring from my living room speakers from a heated game of “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” or see one of my sons drop to their knees after defeat in a close tennis match of “Wii: Sports,” I’m quite familiar with the sights and sounds of console, PC, and portable device gaming. Other methods of gaming are certainly starting to gain favor in my house, and while traditional devices still reign supreme, there are instances where I take note of the growing use of these other devices. Read more »

A Collective Sigh Of Relief

Last week, when The NPD Group posted video game industry sales results for March, one could almost hear the collective sigh of relief among stakeholders; that after a fairly long drought, there was some good news to report.  The industry recorded a gain of 6 percent in total revenues generated, and along with that top line gain, several records were noted as well.  For me, it’s always more fun to report good news than bad, so here are just a few of the stories pulled from analysis of the data:

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Here Comes The Sun?

The highly anticipated video game industry sales results for September have now been delivered, and many who were expecting a bigger increase over last year’s results, were underwhelmed by the numbers. The industry did return to positive territory after six consecutive months of posting declines, but the increase was a modest 1 percent.

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