It's actually a bit of a misphrase - I meant to include subsidies, small-business loans, all of that. Domestic losing out to international, small-business to large.
A Banc of America analyst has found November 2005 game sales to be "surprisingly bad" in this report: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=7345. I think it'll be interesting to see how the new consoles fare in the current economic climate. Iraq, layoffs, the impressive American response to the tsunami, and Katrina hurt personal incomes a LOT. The current administration's benefit-cutting (whatever your political inclinations) also reduces the wiggle room in consumers' pockets.
Plus, the new consoles have exponentially less to offer than the Xbox and the PS2. I don't want to ramble about it here, but you can find my specious argument at this KQED blog.
It's a bad time to be launching a console. On the other hand, people do want their circuses when they are surrounded by adversity and death.
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It's actually a bit of a misphrase - I meant to include subsidies, small-business loans, all of that. Domestic losing out to international, small-business to large.
Hmm... good point, Anonymous. And of course, I'm certainly not buying any 360 games without the console.
A Banc of America analyst has found November 2005 game sales to be "surprisingly bad" in this report: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=7345. I think it'll be interesting to see how the new consoles fare in the current economic climate. Iraq, layoffs, the impressive American response to the tsunami, and Katrina hurt personal incomes a LOT. The current administration's benefit-cutting (whatever your political inclinations) also reduces the wiggle room in consumers' pockets.
Plus, the new consoles have exponentially less to offer than the Xbox and the PS2. I don't want to ramble about it here, but you can find my specious argument at this KQED blog.
It's a bad time to be launching a console. On the other hand, people do want their circuses when they are surrounded by adversity and death.