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Analysts Foresee Another Banner Year For Videogame Industry
Analysts observing the videogame industry forsee 2008 being another blockbuster year in sales. Sales during the month of February were considerably up, according to the NPD group. Early in the year is historically a very slow time in the game sales calendar, making the 34% jump for the month highly significant. Grand Theft Auto IV is likely to be an engine for sales throughout the year: "The game, which will be available on the Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, is expected to boost sales of both consoles. Pre-orders have been better than expected, according to its publisher, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, expects the game to sell about 9 million units during the company's fiscal year, which ends in October. Roughly 6 million of this, he added, will be to Xbox 360 owners."
it's just taking longer. your on crack if you think sdtv is as good as hdtv
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Heavy Metal is the testosterone soaked "Action Movie" of the music industry.
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Please continue to represent your demographic, there are better saps around, but few so consistent.
Video games have become blood sports. In a society that decries the carnage of a bull ring, the hunting of a whale or the clubbing of a baby seal, children are encouraged to play "Grand Theft Auto", "Super Smash Bros" and some kind of "Brawl". In fact, grown people are told that these titles will be a big force in gaming in 2008 and everyone proceeds to debate not the content, but the relative chance of success of these titles.
It is like we are talking about which grenade or anti-personnel mine will help drive the arms industry, without stopping to consider if we should be talking with such enthusiasm about weapons designed to end lives. What on Earth are we doing, encouraging people to play such games? I don't get, yet I've played all kinds of games for 45+ years of my life.
Answer: "Grand Theft Auto".
Question: What are three words to describe a major crime, Alex.
I typed "What is Grand Theft Auto?" into Google and the original meaning of this criminal act was nowhere to be found. But I did learn that there is a video involving both GTA and LEGO that I'm sure parents will be thrilled to watch with their kids.
How did this transference of violence from one unacceptable form to another get legitimized? What happened to hand-eye coordination? Solving a puzzle. Juggling. Dribbling. Passing. It is not that these things can't be achieved in video, console or wii-style games. It is that they aren't encouraged at any level. Why? When did we turn our minds off to video game butchery?
Oh well, at least I can count on the group think to vote as one on my post.
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