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GTA4 Delay: Analysis

Posted by Raoul on August 10th, 2007

A lot of rumor and speculation has been flying around the announcement of the delay of Grand Theft Auto 4 to 2008. While we can’t offer any comments as to why the game was delayed, it is interesting to examine which players are affected the most by it.
Microsoft put in a lot of money, and […]

A Great Time to Be an Independent Developer

Posted by Raoul on January 14th, 2007

Being an indie developer is never easy. Being a successful indie developer (ie being able to support yourself, and your team) is even harder. The web is chock-full of articles warning about the pitfalls and difficulties facing indie developers. They advise not to expect to make much money. In fact, the most common advice given […]

Sony: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Posted by Raoul on January 12th, 2007

This week saw a slew of Sony news. Good news, bad news, and just plain embarrassing news. On Tuesday, investor confidence in Sony rose sharply following Sir Howard Stringer’s comments at CES. Stringer asserted that his company was “prepared to meet its operating profit margin goal for the next fiscal year”. News that Sony had […]

Console Sales Predictions for 2007

Posted by Raoul on January 8th, 2007

Who will win the next gen war? As we just saw, this is perhaps a question we shouldn’t even be asking.
Nintendo makes profits on every console they sell, so perhaps they are already winners. Then again, they’ve made money from every generation of their consoles, but few would say that the Gamecube was the “winner” […]

New Xbox 360 with HDMI Coming “Soon”

Posted by Raoul on January 5th, 2007

We’ve recently reported on a new version of the Xbox 360 with full HDMI support rumored to be released in January. Today, new pictures and information confirming this rumor have surfaced. This all but confirms that this new Xbox 360 SKU, codenamed Zephyr (the original 360 was codenamed Xenon) will be released imminently, and will […]