Archive for the tag "forbes"

Core gamers being “nudged aside,” says Forbes

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Hot, Trade | 4 Comments »

According to this Forbes article, the modern games industry is becoming increasingly less tolerant of the "core" gamer. That's you, probably. "The ongoing paradigm shift in gaming is expanding the industry's ... Read more..

Iwata apologises for lack of “hardcore” Nintendo games at E3

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, Nintendo, Wii | 4 Comments »

We skipped this yesterday as we got blinded by ubiquity of the whole Nintendo E3 casual hardcore disaster "thing," but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has actually apologised for the company's ... Read more..

Forbes: Europe has biggest potential as games market

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Trade | 4 Comments »

According to Forbes, Europe has the greatest potential for growth as a games market. The business site referred to market research from IDG showing that the European market generated $17.9 billion ... Read more..

San Andreas is biggest game in American history

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, PS2, Retail, Rockstar | 6 Comments »

According to Forbes, GTA: San Andreas is the biggest selling game in America ever. Crime pays, clearly. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (9.43 million) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (8.2 million) Madden ... Read more..

Apple could kill DS with iPod, says Forbes

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Apple, DS, Mobile, Nintendo, Trade, iPhone | 4 Comments »

There's a feature on Forbes speculating that iPod and iPhone - and the software-delivering App Store - could bring trouble to Nintendo's dominace of the handheld market. "Apple is the first ... Read more..