Steam Holds 70 Per Cent Of Digital Distribution Market - Stardock

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 24, 2009 | 3:06 AM | 0 Comments

Sins Of A Solar Empire publisher Stardock has estimated that Valve"s Steam holds a 70 per cent share of the digital distribution market.

The company believes that its Impuse service is the second largest player in the marketplace, it said in its annual customer report (pdf), which was spotted by Gamasutra.

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Steam Holds 70 Per Cent Of Digital Distribution Market - Stardock

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 23, 2009 | 3:06 AM | 0 Comments

Sins Of A Solar Empire publisher Stardock has estimated that Valve"s Steam holds a 70 per cent share of the digital distribution market.

The company believes that its Impuse service is the second largest player in the marketplace, it said in its annual customer report (pdf), which was spotted by Gamasutra.

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Marvelous Loses Money On Wii

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 23, 2009 | 3:06 AM | 0 Comments

Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment saw contrasting results from its Wii and PSP releases during the first half of its business year.

Three out four Wii titles launched during the period made a loss, while four of the firm’s five PSP games were profitable, the company said in a financial presentation.

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Marvelous Loses Money On Wii

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 22, 2009 | 3:06 AM | 0 Comments

Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment saw contrasting results from its Wii and PSP releases during the first half of its business year.

Three out four Wii titles launched during the period made a loss, while four of the firm’s five PSP games were profitable, the company said in a financial presentation.

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Marvelous Loses Money On Wii

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 21, 2009 | 3:06 AM | 0 Comments

Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment saw contrasting results from its Wii and PSP releases during the first half of its business year.

Three out four Wii titles launched during the period made a loss, while four of the firm’s five PSP games were profitable, the company said in a financial presentation.

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Uplay Launches With Assassin’s Creed II

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 19, 2009 | 3:05 AM | 0 Comments

Ubisoft’s UPlay, an in-game community feature combining a store, social hub, media player and more, has debuted alongside the release of Assassin’s Creed II.

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Randy Pitchford: Crytek, id In Risky “Generation Plus” Mode

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 19, 2009 | 3:05 AM | 0 Comments

Gearbox president Randy Pitchford believes that a number of developers have unwisely based their current generation strategies around last gen timing.

According to the free speaking executive, the current hardware cycle will be the “longest generation we"ve seen in the last few of them”, and the likes of Crytek and id Software have put themselves in a dangerous position by investing a lot “going to a place that"s too far”.

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Randy Pitchford: Crytek, id In Risky “Generation Plus” Mode

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 18, 2009 | 3:05 AM | 0 Comments

Gearbox president Randy Pitchford believes that a number of developers have unwisely based their current generation strategies around last gen timing.

According to the free speaking executive, the current hardware cycle will be the “longest generation we"ve seen in the last few of them”, and the likes of Crytek and id Software have put themselves in a dangerous position by investing a lot “going to a place that"s too far”.

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Uplay Launches With Assassin’s Creed II

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 18, 2009 | 3:05 AM | 0 Comments

Ubisoft’s UPlay, an in-game community feature combining a store, social hub, media player and more, has debuted alongside the release of Assassin’s Creed II.

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Uncharted 2 Passes One Million Sales

by Tom Ivan Posted on Nov 17, 2009 | 3:05 AM | 0 Comments

PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has surpassed one million sales “in just a couple weeks on the market,” according to publisher Sony.

"Uncharted 2 has become the highest rated current exclusive action adventure game on any platform with a Metacritic score of 96," Sony Computer Entertainment"s senior VP of strategic business development, Phil Rosenberg, said at the BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment Conference.

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