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May 20th, 2013, 16:18 Posted By: wraggster
This week we are proud to present you with the next issue of CVG under the watchful eye of Paul Davies. Like always, we have selected a handful of articles to preview before you download the full issue in one of the three sizes available.
Our first highlighted articles is the review for a little PC game called Duke Nukem 3D. Next up we have two Playstation classics. The first one is the birth of a giant franchise named BioHazard in Japan, but known over here as Resident Evil. The second review is for a sequel in the long running Konami series: International Track & Field.
And we end this week with quite a bang. As we are starting to get very close to E3 2013, every gamer can feel the tension building. So this is the perfect time to look back to the humongous E3 1996 special in this latest issue of CVG.
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May 20th, 2013, 15:36 Posted By: wraggster
Koch/Deep Silver's new buy Metro: Last Light has stolen first place in the UK video games chart from Dead Island: Riptide, the publisher's other game.Last Light didn't, however, match the opening week sales of Metro 2033 - arguably the better game. What's alarming about about that is Metro 2033 only managed 5th, and that game was only for two platforms: PC and Xbox 360.It should be noted, however, that digital sales are not included in the official UK chart.Elsewhere, besides a new spin-off 3DS Pokemon game - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - in 4th, there's not much to get excited about.Dead Island: Riptide was second, FIFA 13 third, Black Ops 2 fifth, Tomb Raider sixth, The Walking Dead seventh, Injustice: Gods Among Us eighth, Assassin's Creed ninth and BioShock Infinite 10th.
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May 19th, 2013, 01:08 Posted By: wraggster
<header style="font: 300 13px/20.79px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 620px; height: auto; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: hidden; clear: both; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; position: relative; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="post-header"> </header>NVIDIA newsletter subscribers have been able to pre-order the Shield handheld consolefor several days now, but the rest of us were due to wait until after the weekend. Considering that $349 price tag, we're not entirely sure we want to commit without having a chance to take the final hardware for a spin, but the option now exists nonetheless. Beginning today (instead of the previously announced date of May 20th), early adopters can hand over their cash at Gamestop, Newegg and Canada Computer, along with NVIDIA's own pre-order site, which we've linked for your convenience just below.
NVIDIA, Newegg
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May 19th, 2013, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster
Warner Bros' Injustice: Gods Among Us takes the top spot on the charts in a dismal month for retail games
The NPD Group has released its report for the month of April, and partially thanks to a lack of compelling new software, total industry sales slumped 25 percent, reaching only $495.2 million. Software sales (including PC) for the month fell 17 percent to $267.8 million while hardware sales plummeted 42 percent to $109.5 million, likely due to more and more people hearing about next-gen platforms coming out later this year and deciding to wait. Sales of accessories were down as well, falling 19 percent to $131.4 million.
Another factor in April's numbers was that Easter fell in March this year but April last year. “Easter typically accounts for a 10 percent boost in the month in which it occurs," NPD analyst Liam Callahan noted.
The software charts were led by Warner Bros' new release, Injustice: Gods Among Us - the first time since April 2011 that a fighting game (Mortal Kombat) ranked in the top spot - and Deep Silver's new title, Dead Island: Riptide. Trion Worlds' transmedia-focused Defiance, which ties into the SyFy TV show, also managed to make a dent, placing fifth overall. While sales have been down, on the bright side, games that topped the charts did perform better than during the same period a year ago.
“Despite overall declines, April title launches in 2013 fared better than games that launched in April 2012, up 118 percent in unit sales and 130 percent in dollar sales. This increase was driven by games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead Island: Riptide, and Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins,” said Callahan.
He added, "Overall declines are stemming from the performance of games launched prior to April; for example, the decrease in sales performance of March launches. Specifically, when looking at video games launching in March 2012, month 2 sales represented 25 percent of the total first two months of sales, which contracted to 17 percent for March 2013 launches. One reason for this might be the decrease in the number of new titles, which can cause sales of a title to be 'front loaded' with a greater amount of sales happening in the first month of its release.”
Here's the top 10 list, according to NPD:
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May 17th, 2013, 01:00 Posted By: wraggster
<center style='font: 14px/22px "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;'> </center>Another hot, fresh loaf of financial data has been pulled out of The NPD Group's analytical oven, and its buttery goodness contains sales information for the four week period between April 4 and May 7, 2013. During that time, the physical retail sector of the games industry was down 25 percent when compared with its performance over the same four weeks in 2012, pulling in a grand total of $495.2 million. It's worth noting, however, that this figure doesnot include the sale of PC games.
Hardware sales brought in $109.5 million, a 42 percent decrease from the $187.8 million seen last year, with the Xbox 360 once again enjoying the highest sales with 130,000 units moved. Meanwhile, the brief reprieve from year-over-year decline seen by the Accessories segment last month was short lived, as in April it by dropped 19 percent to a total of $131.4 million.
Software sales (including PC games) topped out at $267.8 million, with NetherRealm Studios' Injustice: Gods Among Us taking top honors as the best-selling game for the period, the first time a fighting game has finished in first since 2011's Mortal Kombat. Dead Island: Riptide and BioShock Infiniterounded out the podium in spots two and three respectively – meanwhile MMO/Syfy series Defiance debuted in fifth. As always, scope the full list after the break.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/16/ap...eigns-supreme/
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May 16th, 2013, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
A significant study by a group of universities has downplayed the significance of video games piracy.
Wired has word of a joint study between the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University and the PLAIT Lab at Northeastern University as well as Robert Veitch from the Department of IT Management at Copenhagen Business School.
It analysed the file sharing of 173 specific games across 14 platforms over a three-month period between 2010 and 2011. Titles included
In total the study found 12.6m unique peers accessing the files Call of Duty: Black Ops, StarCraft II and Fallout: New Vegas.
The ten most popular titles accounted for 42.7 per cent of the total with 76.7 per cent of the traffic coming from just 20 countries. Romania, Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Hungary were the most active relative to population size.
RPGs were the most pirated (18.9 per cent), followed by action (15.9 per cent), third person shooters (12.7 per cent) and racing (9.3 per cent). Games that scored higher on Metacritic were in turn likely to experience higher levels of piracy.
"First and foremost, P2P game piracy is extraordinarily prevalent and geographically distributed [at least it was during the period analysed],” Aalborg University’s Anders Drachen stated.
“However, the numbers in our investigation suggest that previously reported magnitudes in game piracy are too high. It also appears that some common myths are wrong, e.g. that it is only shooters that get pirated, as we see a lot of activity for children's and family games on BitTorrent for the period we investigated."
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May 16th, 2013, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster
Day one delivery is crucial to online retailers. It drives pre-orders and secures sales that may otherwise have gone to High Street rivals.
However, this is dependent on shipping and delivery times.
To ensure a game arrives on release day – besting the convenience of picking it up in-store – sites must depend on Royal Mail, couriers or other third-party services.
Many sites send out games early to account for potential delays: a seemingly sensible solution, but one that can result in consumers receiving the title ahead of the publisher’s street date.
This is long-running issue came to a head this month when ShopTo refused to stock any future Activision products over a dispute around Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Site owner Igor Cipoletta told MCV the publisher’s shipping policy, which limits when retailers can send out copies of the game, damages ShopTo’s ability to guarantee day one delivery to customers.
Some sites use this as justification for early shipping. Naturally publishers grumble, but the most vocal protestors is often other retailers, who feel unfairly disadvantaged by the few that purposefully ignore shipping rules.
But should all online retailers be allowed to ship early if it ensures customers get their goods on day one?
“If a good friend agreed not to tell my mum
about a surprise party and they took it upon
themselves to tell her four days early,
I would not be happy.” Craig Constantinides - business development boss, Go 2 Games
“Absolutely not,” said Gameseek MD Stephen Staley. “If you allow that sort of activity, instead of sales being about price and quality of service, it’ll all be about back-room shady deals and that’s not good for the customer in the long run.
“Keep the playing field level and the customer will benefit because retailers will have to up their game instead of just relying on ‘buying’ their next sale.”
Go 2 Games’ business development boss Craig Constantinides added: “An agreement is in place for a reason. Perhaps it’s because of the online retailers that break new release rules in order to maximise profit and brand awareness that we all now suffer unreasonable demands from customers.
“If a good friend agreed not to tell my mum about a surprise party and they took it upon themselves to tell her four days early, I would not be happy.”
Publishers might be more lenient if early shipping was the only way to guarantee purchases reaches their destination in time, but most delivery services – including Royal Mail – already offer faster deliveries to those willing to invest.
“We dispatch all pre-orders using next day guaranteed delivery to ensure that our customers receive them on release day,” said Games Trade’s co-director Nadir Husain.
“This is obviously a more costly option, but customers that pre-order should be rewarded for enthusiasm and brand loyalty.”
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May 16th, 2013, 23:15 Posted By: wraggster
Four British men belonging to the hacking group Lulzsec, responsible for a number of high profile cyber attacks, have today been handed jail sentences.
The hackers, Ryan Cleary, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Ackroyd were jailed over their involvement in a number of cyber attacks on high-profile organisations.
Targets of the group included News International, EA, Sony Pictures and the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency.
As part of the attacks, the group targeted the high-profile targets and infiltrated each firm's security in order to obtain sensitive data and post it online, whilst also knocking some of the targets' own websites offline.
The men received sentences of between 20 and 32 months for their individual involvement in the attacks, whilst also facing the possibility of extradition to the USA in order to face trial by US officials after they filed their own indictments.
In addition to the hacking charges, which include infiltration the US Air Force's computer systems, Cleary pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of both babies and children, of which he will face additional charges at a later date.
Meanwhile, Ackroyd faces further charges after pleading guilty to carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, in addition to stealing data from Sony.
The final men, Bassam and Davis, both plead guilty to charges of hacking and launching cyber attacks against high-profile organisations, including the CIA.
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May 16th, 2013, 02:32 Posted By: wraggster
[h=1]3DS continued to dominate Japanese hardware and software sales during the week ended May 12.
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Software sales (lifetime total)
- Tomodachi Collection: New Life (3DS, Nintendo) - 103.479 / 862.054
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS, Nintendo) - 31.345 / 691.921
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, Nintendo) - 25.460 / 3.200.859
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3, Capcom) - 13.314 / 169.996
- Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission (3DS, Bandai Namco) - 7.359 / 184.516
- Tomb Raider (PS3, Square Enix) - 5.972 / 54.121
- Ecstasy Wafter: Converted Edition (PSP, Prototype) - 5.733 / New
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) - 5.443 / 2.024.812
- Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 5.382 / 122.975
- Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 4.914 / 483.005
Hardware sales (previous week's total
- 3DS - 49.763 (76.463)
- PS3 - 12.793 (17.415)
- Vita - 12.331 (22.051)
- Wii U - 7.974 (13.173)
- PSP - 6.360 (8.443)
- Wii - 1.506 (2.238)
- Xbox 360 - 485 (596)
- Total - 91.212 (140.379)
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May 16th, 2013, 01:20 Posted By: wraggster
Trade group exec says attendees overwhelmingly pleased with the show, confirms it will return to LACC through 2016
For Rich Taylor, there's been at least one constant throughout all the turmoil the gaming industry has faced in recent years. As the Entertainment Software Association senior vice president of communications and industry affairs explained to GamesIndustry International, that steadfast rock of certainty has been that people will question whether the Electronic Entertainment Expo is still relevant.
"It's interesting. I've been at ESA now for six years, and that question has come up pretty much every year," Taylor said. "I think the show answers the question itself both through the level of attendance and participation, from the news that comes out of it, and it remains extraordinarily... not just relevant, but vital to the industry, and vital to those who want to share news through the billions of impressions that come out of it. When we convene this show, all the attendant eyeballs and ears are pointed toward Los Angeles to see the news that comes out."
"I think people really are fairly thrilled about what we have now and the model we have now, the size we have now, the timing we have now"
Rich Taylor
Despite the questions from industry watchers, Taylor said the E3 feedback from attendees, exhibitors, and ESA member companies hasn't reflected those concerns.
"Right now, the overwhelming finding is where we are now is a really positive sweet spot," Taylor said. "Folks feel good about the room they have for their exhibit space, meeting room options, the number of attendees is still large enough to get all the principal folks that people hope to encounter during the show into the LACC, but also not so overwhelming that you can't actually play and experience the games themselves, which is of course a key part of the show... I think people really are fairly thrilled about what we have now and the model we have now, the size we have now, the timing we have now. That seems to be where the model will sit for the foreseeable future."
One part of the model that will stay the same is the show's home, as the ESA has recently committed to running E3 out of the Los Angeles Convention Center through 2016. While there were concerns last year that construction of an NFL football stadium next to the LACC could limit the building's available space for the show, Taylor said the plan for the stadium construction has encountered setbacks. Combined with assurances from the LACC and AEG to minimize any impact on E3, that means the possible new stadium is at this point "a bit of a non-issue" for E3, Taylor said.
While the general format of the show is set for the near future, Taylor said the ESA is still adapting to keep up with the changing industry, specifically the growing mobile market. In response to a cry for better coverage of that sector, Taylor said this year's E3 will feature an Online Mobile Gaming Pavilion where gaming for handheld devices will have its own dedicated space, "perhaps more conducive to the experience of playing those games."
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May 16th, 2013, 01:12 Posted By: wraggster
 A new DICE studio is set to open in Los Angeles, following EA’s acquisition of a multi-year agreement with Disney to develop and publish Star Wars universe games.Onetime Star Wars developer LucasArts, once beloved of PC gamers, went the way of Obi-Wan back at the beginning of April. After The Walt Disney Company added LucasFilm to its intellectual property stash, following the acquisitions of Marvel, Pixar, ABC, ESPN and many more, it disposed of LucasArts.“There is an extreme talent pool over [there] that we want a part of,” general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson told the Wall Street Journal. “It’s no secret that our main competitor is there.” Referring, presumably, to Activision studios Treyarch and Infinity Ward. It appears that members of the Medal of Honor studio Danger Close and EA LA have been taken on already.Given DICE’s focus on Battlefield and given the interest in a revival of Battlefront, our best guess is that the studio will be focussing on producing a new iteration in the franchise – Troedsson told . There’s no word what use Knights of the Old Republic developer and wholly-owned EA subsidiary Bioware will be making of the renewed license.
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May 14th, 2013, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster
Type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google Images. Thank us later.
Google has decided to celebrate the 37th birthday of the classic Atari game Breakout by turning Google Image Search into a special version of the game.
When you type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google Image Search, the graphics of the classic game instantly morph intoBreakout bricks, ready for you to waste away your Tuesday morning.
Created by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow in 1976,Breakout was based on the 1972 game Pong.
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May 14th, 2013, 01:20 Posted By: wraggster
source: marcan @ fail0verflow.com] It’s been almost 7 years since the Wii was released. Back in 2006, not many owned a living room PC. PCs were still relatively bulky, and the Chinese offerings were limited to horrible media players. At the time, the prospect of having a game console double as a HTPC and being able to browse the web, play games for older platforms with emulation, and run homebrew games on a device which you already had in the living room was rather appealing. Fast forward to today. Mobile SoCs have made huge advances - you can get a quad-core chip in a phone these days - and have made the jump to the living room. Spend $25 and you can get a Raspberry Pi, which is about on par with the Wii at 1/10 of the launch price and 1/7th of the power consumption (with HD video). Spend $100 and you can get an Ouya, which beats the Wii U’s CPU and doesn’t have too shabby graphics at one third the cost. These mobile-derived devices aren’t quite a replacement for game consoles yet, but they’re catching up fast. They’re cheap enough that they’re almost disposable. The software ecosystem is much larger and wider than any console has ever had. More importantly, they’re open, and the development tools and environments are way better for open development than any game console ever was.
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May 14th, 2013, 01:06 Posted By: wraggster
NEO SNK MagicKey v2 bios update [7th.May 2013]
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Download: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,7604.0.html
Changes:
- Changed the Region select screen layout, now use A+B+C to change region.
- Region and cheats auto disable themselves if a Universe Bios is installed.
- System region is the default region used by the converter (see notes below).
- Entry and exit from the cheat menu is cleaner.
- Changed Red color in the cheat menus to Yellow.
Issues fixed:
- Art of Fighting 2 now works without the need of using the button on the converter.
- Region select now shows correctly if game used is an original KOF 2003.
- Region select now shows correctly if game used is KOF 10th anniversary extra plus.
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May 13th, 2013, 21:13 Posted By: wraggster
<header style="font: 300 13px/20.79px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 620px; height: auto; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: hidden; clear: both; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; position: relative; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="post-header"> </header>Forget Bitcoin: Amazon's got a digital currency of its own, known as Coins, coming to the Kindle Fire right on schedule. The virtual money, which was originally announced back in February, is now ready to go for anyone who frequents the Amazon Appstore or uses a Kindle Fire to purchase apps and games. Bezos & Co. is willing to throw in a bit of an investment to get you started, as the online retailer will hook up existing and new users with 500 free coins -- a value of $5. Need more than that? Head to the More Coverage link below to grab as many coins as fits your fancy. A 10 percent discount awaits those who purchase in bulk, which adds a tad more incentive to go all-in on the new service.
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May 13th, 2013, 20:57 Posted By: wraggster
Cowen and Company projects double-digit NPD sales declines until Madden hits; April game sales expected down 13%
The combined efforts of new Gears of War, God of War, BioShock, and Tomb Raider games goosedMarch's NPD-reported US retail software sales up a little less than 2 percent, but the industry was apparently unable to build on that momentum in April. In a note to investors today, Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz said he expects the NPD Group's April numbers--set for release this Thursday--to show that software sales dipped 13 percent year-over-year.
The biggest difficulty for April sales was a light release slate, with Creutz expecting only a single title, DC-themed fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us, expected to sell more than 250,000 units. Creutz believes that game sold around 424,000 copies.
With few surefire hits on the schedule, Creutz is expecting the NPD to report double-digit monthly sales declines for the industry through July. August is expected to show a return to growth, although the main reason for that will be an earlier launch for the annualized Madden NFL, which fell in the September reporting period last year. Despite that shift, Creutz expects industry software sales growth to continue in September and October thanks to anticipated releases like Grand Theft Auto V and Battlefield 4.
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May 13th, 2013, 20:40 Posted By: wraggster
 Dead Island: Riptide was the biggest selling videogame at UK retail for the third week running, GFK ChartTrack has confirmed, matching Bioshock Infinite’s record for this year.Both Star Trek and Dragon’s Dogma, Dark Arisen dropped out of the chart, to be replaced by two older games, The Walking Dead (available on disc for the first time) and Assassin’s Creed III. Call of Duty: Black Ops II has also surged back up the chart, with strong retailer price drops ahead of more reveals in the near future on Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts. Luigi’s Mansion 2 just pushed Persona 4 Arena into 11th place.The Ukie UK top ten according ChartTrack for the week ending May 11th is as follows, with the week-on-week sales difference stated in brackets. Reviews are through the links.1. Dead Island Riptide (-32%)
2. Call Of Duty: Black Ops II (+60%)
3. Tomb Raider (-17%)
4. Injustice: Gods Among Us (-36%)
5. FIFA 13 (-19%)
6. Bioshock Infinite (-10%)
7. Assassin’s Creed III (+25%)
8. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins (-24%)
9. The Walking Dead (New Entry)
10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 (-12%)
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May 13th, 2013, 19:48 Posted By: wraggster
A new survey reveals that parents are struggling to keep up with today’s technology.
Of the 1,000 parents surveyed, 67 per cent admitted to asking their teenage children for technology related advice.
Matt Leeser, Head of Buying at John Lewis comments: “Technology moves at such a fast pace, you only have to look at how touch screen gadgets have come into force in the last four years. Children are more exposed to new gadgets and services that’s why parents are turning to their tech savvy kids for advice. At John Lewis, we know how important it is for parents to get expert advice when they’re buying technology for themselves or the family – this is why we train our partners to provide guidance in-store and keep them updated with the latest trends.”
The findings show that technology help courtesy of teenagers isn’t just restricted to gadgets, 21 per cent of parents go to their children for help setting up their social media profile.
Mae Moran, aged thirteen, commented: “My mum’s always asking me how to use her mobile. She’s only just worked out how to use the camera but can never download any of her photos. I’ve got her using SkyDrive now, which is so much easier. Because I synched up all our devices, she can save her pictures down when she’s at work and then I do the editing for her on my laptop. Next step will be to get her uploading them to Facebook.”
28 per cent of parents surveyed said they turn to their children for tech advice ahead of friends, partners or work colleagues.
“The research shows that busy parents are gleaning the expertise of a younger, tech savvy generation to save time and help them get the most out of their gadgets,” said Abigail Rappoport, Microsoft Office Division Director UK.
Microsoft and John Lewis find over two thirds of parents ask their kids for tech advice
The research, commissioned by John Lewis and Microsoft and conducted by Opinium, lays out the top five tech troubles that parents seek help for from their children, including installing products or services (46%), help using their phone (45%), using the internet (41%), help with the TV/home entertainment system (37%), and advice on what products to buy (31%).
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May 11th, 2013, 15:52 Posted By: wraggster
62 per cent of the British population now own a smartphone and 29.3 per cent a tablet.
In fact, in the latest data, smartphones accounted for 83 per cent of all mobile sales, demonstrating their growing dominance.
There has been much debate recently about consumers’ interaction with smart devices, with most people not using their phones or tablets to the max. However, what is clear is the ‘smart generation’ is increasingly using these portable devices for gaming.
40.7 per cent of mobile owners use their phones for gaming, up from 32.6 per cent in 2011. This has meant that 3.9 per cent of games are now bought for smart devices – an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the past year. And this looks set to rise.
In the past year, the number of games bought for phones and tablets has increased by 11.7 per cent. This contrasts markedly with the 27.1 per cent decline we have seen in sales of physical games over the same period.
Growth is, in the main, being driven by the increasing number of smart device shoppers, with a quarter more consumers entering this market in the past year.
"In the past year, the number of games bought
for phones and tablets has increased by
11.7 per cent. This contrasts markedly with
the 27.1 per cent decline we have seen in
sales of physical games over
the same period." For developers this is good news. New customers contributed an extra 360,000 games sales in the 24 weeks ending February 17th and are the main reason this part of the market is flourishing. Continuing to appeal to new customers will be crucial going forward, particularly as there are signs that current customers are buying less when compared
to last year.
Existing shoppers bought 239,000 fewer games over the latest 24-week period compared with last year. It may be that this group moved towards free games rather than downloading fewer paid-for apps, something not captured in these figures.
We expect smartphone penetration to increase, which means there will be a larger potential pool of customers to target for mobile gaming.
These shopper behaviours are obviously interesting for those developing content for smart devices. But what are the implications for the wider games market?
The latest data shows that there is a close link between the shoppers buying gaming apps and traditional gamers using consoles.
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May 11th, 2013, 15:48 Posted By: wraggster
 Sony and Microsoft’s vast console empires have made it difficult for them to innovate and capitalise on the rise in low cost indie games, says Playjam CMO Anthony Johnson.Playjam will release GameStick this summer for $79 in the US and £79.99 in the UK, where it will retail exclusively at Game. It is targeting casual and ‘mid-core’ games players – the kind that play low-cost mobile games but aren’t likely to pay a premium for a traditional, high-end games console.“The issue is that as we all know, elephants can’t jump,” Playjam CMO Anthony Johnson told us. “[Sony and Microsoft] have built an extraordinary successful market which they have dominated for years, but times are changing and the underlying models employed by these manufacturers will make it extremely difficult for them to innovate. A model built around huge hardware subsidies and Hollywood-type budgets for content will only ever serve a relatively niche segment of the market.”Johnson says that GameStick was conceived as a reaction to the ‘old’ marketplace, and it reached its $100,000 Kickstarter target with ease. It currently has $647,658 in funding – a not inconsequential sum, but one that’s dwarfed by the $8.5 million raised thus far by fellow microconsole Ouya.“Ouya got to Kickstarter first and ran a legendary campaign,” says Johnson. “We would probably see them as our closest competition today although we have chosen to go down a different route in terms of form factor that we think offers players more. I know that this sounds canned but competition is good. We are looking to define a new market and realistically this is going to take a number of players to achieve.”Its pitch to developers is to offer an easy way of getting games onto the big screen, but with competing tech on its way, fragmentation could threaten this new marketplace. ”If new hardware manufacturers insist on throwing up barriers by asking developers to follow proprietary key mapping technologies then we will see fatigue from the developer community hit pretty quickly,” says Johnson. “GameStick has decided to employ open standards to ensure as much cross compatibility between devices and content as possible. Developers are far more likely to support platforms which require the least effort to port to.”Johnson says that GameStick is courting indies and large publishers, and tells us that “500 developers have signed up so far.”“If your game runs on an Android device and would make sense on TV it will work on our platform with either minimal or no tweaking,” he says.One million units sold is the benchmark for Playjam, at which point it would consider GameStick to be a viable platform in the long term. And Johnson doesn’t believe that the arrival of PS4 will dilute demand for GameStick in any meaningful way.“I think Sony made a couple of neat innovations around the integration of social media within the platform but these will take time for developers to integrate, whereas the games we are targeting are inherently social given that they originated on mobile platforms,” he adds. “Their underlying model has not changed. Until it does, devices such as GameStick will legitimately be able to claim to be truly disruptive to the industry as a whole.”
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