Comments on: Video Game Sales 2007 http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2008/01/25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/ Games from a Parental Perspective Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Freakhead http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2008/01/25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Freakhead Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:24:27 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/2008-01-25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/#comment-3057 Yeah the pc space is doing alright. IT's just transitioning. There's 2.3million subscribers x$15/month x 12= $420 million in annual revenue in the pcspace because of WoW just here in North America that isn't counted. Not to mention those that buy an account directly from Blizzard instead of a box at the local retailer. And like you said other digital downloads off Steam. Plus there's a few other MMOs that Everquest and Eve which had a few hundred thousand customers. Those games would easily bring 36 mil/yr each in annual subscription revenue if they each had 200,000 customers. I'm excited about the big EA Battlefield PLay 4 Free project that's coming this summer. I can't wait to check it out. I am a bit nervous they will make it too casual, but it is free. And supposedly will run on grandma's laptop. That's a really huge step here in the West for pcgaming and gaming in general imo. The install base for that game is going to be pretty huge. ON the other hand you have big franchises like CoD4 selling much more on consoles. Some say it's piracy and they could very well be right. OThers say the consoles are close enough substitutes for the pc at a much lower price. Are we going to get those types of games on the pc anymore unless they are console ports? Yeah the pc space is doing alright. IT’s just transitioning. There’s 2.3million subscribers x$15/month x 12= $420 million in annual revenue in the pcspace because of WoW just here in North America that isn’t counted. Not to mention those that buy an account directly from Blizzard instead of a box at the local retailer. And like you said other digital downloads off Steam. Plus there’s a few other MMOs that Everquest and Eve which had a few hundred thousand customers. Those games would easily bring 36 mil/yr each in annual subscription revenue if they each had 200,000 customers.

I’m excited about the big EA Battlefield PLay 4 Free project that’s coming this summer. I can’t wait to check it out. I am a bit nervous they will make it too casual, but it is free. And supposedly will run on grandma’s laptop. That’s a really huge step here in the West for pcgaming and gaming in general imo. The install base for that game is going to be pretty huge.

ON the other hand you have big franchises like CoD4 selling much more on consoles. Some say it’s piracy and they could very well be right. OThers say the consoles are close enough substitutes for the pc at a much lower price. Are we going to get those types of games on the pc anymore unless they are console ports?

]]> By: Mike Anderson http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2008/01/25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-3037 Mike Anderson Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:12:51 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/2008-01-25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/#comment-3037 hehe ... yeah, it was much better until I found the PC stuff (before that it was "Console Sales 2007 … or the Nintendo World Domination Tour") hehe … yeah, it was much better until I found the PC stuff (before that it was “Console Sales 2007 … or the Nintendo World Domination Tour”)

]]> By: GamerDad http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2008/01/25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-3035 GamerDad Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:29:50 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/2008-01-25/video-game-sales-2007-or-the-nintendo-world-domination-and-npd-pc-cluelessness-tour/#comment-3035 This is awesome Mike, thanks! (We need to work on using more succinct titles though. ;-) This is awesome Mike, thanks! (We need to work on using more succinct titles though. ;-)

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