Comments on: Games Industry Suffers From Recession, Finally

By: Francesca Webb

Francesca Webb — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:11:42 +0000

Our home business was really affected by the Economic recession, we have to cut jobs just to cover up our losses. fortunately, we have already recovered. |

By: Technologizer’s Second Annual Game Awards | Technologizer

Technologizer’s Second Annual Game Awards | Technologizer — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:20:28 +0000

[...] time, but more likely to avoid competition from Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3: ODST during a time of frugal gaming. Despite it all, there were plenty of games to love no matter what genre you’re into. [...]

By: The End of Music Games As We Know It? | Technologizer

The End of Music Games As We Know It? | Technologizer — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:50:30 +0000

[...] It’s mildly amusing to me that marketing gurus and analysts are sticking with that conclusion now. Take a look at some reader comments at various gaming Web sites when Activision announced three “Hero” games at once and five different companies announced Lego Rock Band. The backlash was obvious, and that was in the spring, before the industry realized a recession was really happening. [...]

By: Janet Reyes

Janet Reyes — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:18:14 +0000

Our country was also hit hard by the Economic Recession. At least we are seeing some signs of economic recovery now. I hope that we could recover soon from this recession.
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By: The Games Industry’s Redeemer: Halo | Technologizer

The Games Industry’s Redeemer: Halo | Technologizer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:05 +0000

[...] interesting is that, despite past months of doom and gloom for the industry, gaming had its second-strongest September on record. The only September to top it [...]

By: Jacee

Jacee — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:45:17 +0000

i am hoping that the global economy would recover from this economic recession. life has been very hard with these massive job cuts.

By: Video Games Are Dead, Long Live Video Games | Technologizer

Video Games Are Dead, Long Live Video Games | Technologizer — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:30:11 +0000

[...] that console gaming increased by 21 percent in June, compared to June 2008, even as sales figures took a historic dive. For this entire year, it seems gaming is bigger than [...]

By: Matthew C.

Matthew C. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:45:47 +0000

As far as consoles being money pits…seriously? since the recession hit I’ve been picking and choosing my purchases very carefully. If I can’t get at least 50+ hours out of the game, I’m not touching it. I could easily funnel over 100+ hours over the course of a year into games like Fallout 3, CoD 4, or Halo 3. That works out to about 50 cents an hour if you assume a retail cost of $60. Name one other form of paid entertainment that has that potential value. On those 3 games alone I’m paying $180 for 300+ hours of entertainment. Games actually save me money ;) Having less of a social life seems like a fair trade for more money. Considering that I can and have blown $30-50 for 2-3 hours at a bar making small talk with people I will likely never see again.

The release schedule in June was weak (the past 3 months have been week) none of the games released in June are really “blockbuster” material. Halo: ODST and MW2 are going to be sales behemoths and will likely shatter sales records. The ship is not sinking…

By: Burt

Burt — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:48:14 +0000

Things may not be as bad as it seems. These figures are retail sales and do not reflect the exploding area of direct downloads directly from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. I haven’t bought a game from a ‘sticks and bricks’ store in months, but I downloaded one for $19.95 just last night…

By: Games Industry Suffers From Recession, Finally [Voices] | UpOff.com

Games Industry Suffers From Recession, Finally [Voices] | UpOff.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:57:58 +0000

[...] After a few months of lagging sales, market researcher NPD Group is finally saying the recession caught up with the video games industry. All it took was for gaming to suffer its biggest year-over-year sales drop in 9 years. Read the rest of this post on the original site [...]