| PC Game Industry, Not Dead Yet!
There is an often forgotten fourth contestant in the recent platform wars. The PC saw a moderate increase in sales in 2006 and a huge upswing in the early part of this year - 48% higher - industry research firm NPD reports. The NY Times accordingly penned a good look at the issues and the challenges of rebuilding the long forgotten way to game (found via Blue's News).
Anita Frazier, an industry analyst for the NPD Group, a market research firm, noted that in the first two months of 2007, domestic retail sales of PC games reached $203 million, a 48 percent increase over the $136.8 million in the period a year earlier. She noted that these figures do not include revenue generated by PC game sales online, or online subscriptions to play PC games.
"Yes, it does look like a fluke, doesn't it?" Ms. Frazier said. "Rest assured it's not."
Read more on the NY Times site, which as far as I can tell no longer requires registration.
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PC Game Industry, Not Dead Yet!
There is an often forgotten fourth contestant in the recent platform wars. The PC saw a moderate increase in sales in 2006 and a huge upswing in the early part of this year - 48% higher - industry research firm NPD reports. The NY Times accordingly penned a good look at the issues and the challenges of rebuilding the long forgotten way to game (found via Blue's News).
Read more on the NY Times site, which as far as I can tell no longer requires registration.
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