Posted on Mar 09, 2010 Last Updated Aug 08, 2010 Posted by Christian Funk

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SOCIAL GAMES: MARKET FIGURES

Browser (network) games or social games, also simply called online games, have rapidly increased in the last couple of years. Especially within social communities such games have caught the attention of the masses. Not only do millions of users play them every day, they also spend money on virtual goods. This serves as a huge multiplier for revenues in this business segment and should not be disregarded. 

Therefore this article provides proficient data on this topic. We would like to encourage you to give feedback and send us additional sources to help us keep the information up-to-date.


Posted on Apr 10, 2010 Last Updated Apr 10, 2010 Posted by Christian Funk

Big thanks to Patrick Jean for making this incredible short movie. You can feel the passion and excitement for "pixels" expressed in this video as New York City mutates into a "pixel wonderland".

Sit back and enjoy. It's epic.


PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 Last Updated Mar 09, 2010 Posted by Christian Funk

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SOCIAL GAMES: MARKET FIGURES

Browser (network) games or social games, also simply called online games, have rapidly increased in the last couple of years. Especially within social communities such games have caught the attention of the masses. Not only do millions of users play them every day, they also spend money on virtual goods. This serves as a huge multiplier for revenues in this business segment and should not be disregarded. 

Therefore this article provides proficient data on this topic. We would like to encourage you to give feedback and send us additional sources to help us keep the information up-to-date.


Posted on Feb 09, 2010 Last Updated Feb 09, 2010 Posted by Christian Funk

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EVALUATING WII THIRD PARTY PERFORMANCE: A CRITICAL APPROACH 

The Wii has gained a huge install base since its release in 2006 with over 50 million units sold worldwide (Nintendo01) and so theoretically provides publishers with a secure environment for business. Thus, publishers should be motivated enough to create great games for the platform. Despite the tremendous sales worldwide and recent success of third party games like Just Dance (Gamasutra and MCUK), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Wintergames (Gonintendo, NeoGAF, GFK Chart-Track, Nipponsalesage), Tony Hawk: Ride (Coffeewithgames and Gamespot01), EA Sports Active (Gamespot02 and Shacknews) and Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom) the discussion about the success of third party titles on the Nintendo Wii continues meanwhile. One can observe complaints about poor third party sales by publishers, when following the video games press closely. These are usually accompanied by intensive discussions in forums and comments about Nintendo’s double role as a hardware manufacturer and software publisher, Wii’s technical features, and the audience the console caters to. From the perspective of the critics all these points contribute to dissatisfying situation for third party software publishers.

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