The average reader of Computer Gaming World (from December known as Games for Windows magazine) is about 45, and that's a pretty popular mag. I those aren't just playing Bejeweled, that's a hardcore magazine. (soucre: Jeff Green, executive editor on CGW, on the Evil Avitar Podcast)
And they have options that little boys from Costco to Gamestop don't have, like digital distrobution. And if they do go to Costco or Gamestop, they probably in there for a few minutes, because they know what to buy, something little boys may not know.
For your infromation, the average gamer is about 30 years old.
The target audience for most game develoers is 18-35 years.
The reson why you "only" see kind in a videogame store, is because they havevn't discovered the internet or magazine's where thay can read about them. Instead they go the the store to see which games are there.
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PS3 will have a modifyed Linux distro(RedHat or Fedora, can't remember) as it's OS, so yes it will run Linux.
OK, I don't remember which podcast it was in, and I don't want to spend 3 hours listen to them again, as I have listend to some of the twice. But ere are the links: http://www.evilavatarradio.com/?p=21 http://www.evilavatarradio.com/?p=47 or maybe it was on the Gamasutra podcast, http://www.gdcradio.net/2006/09/gdc_radio_presents _gamasutra_p_4.html
if all else fails, cgwradio.1up.com is the page for the official CGW podcast.
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The average reader of Computer Gaming World (from December known as Games for Windows magazine) is about 45, and that's a pretty popular mag. I those aren't just playing Bejeweled, that's a hardcore magazine. (soucre: Jeff Green, executive editor on CGW, on the Evil Avitar Podcast) And they have options that little boys from Costco to Gamestop don't have, like digital distrobution. And if they do go to Costco or Gamestop, they probably in there for a few minutes, because they know what to buy, something little boys may not know.
For your infromation, the average gamer is about 30 years old. The target audience for most game develoers is 18-35 years. The reson why you "only" see kind in a videogame store, is because they havevn't discovered the internet or magazine's where thay can read about them. Instead they go the the store to see which games are there.