Browsing all articles from November, 2009.
53% of American Women Play on Game Portals – TSN 2009 Report
Research group TNS recently released their United States National Gamers Survey 2009 of 36,000 respondents. Among the data revealed in the report: 83% of the US population plays video games including 72% of people over 50 21% of Americans play MMOs 53% of American Women play games on online game portals about 50% of those [...]
Direct 2 Drive Disagrees with Impulse’s #2 Claim
Sutton Trout, Director of Development for Direct2Drive, cited a Q1 NPD Report which refutes Stardock’s recent claim that it holds the #2 digital distribution spot with its Impulse service. According to GamaSutra: “The report listed that, for the period, Valve Software’s Steam service led the market handily with 62 percent of total unit sales market [...]
Steam Biz Development Director – “We have 20 million users”
In an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.Biz, Valve’s Jason Holtman revealed Steam currently has 20 million connected users with a reach in 21 languages. When asked about their current market share, Holtman declined to reveal those numbers but mentioned they believe they are the market leader, which no one really doubts. Part of that success has [...]
Thanksgiving 2009 Holiday Deals From Steam & Direct 2 Drive
Some killer deals on digital game downloads for this extended holiday weekend. Steam has announced 75% off Grid ($7.49), 50% off Champions Online ($19.99), 50% off Batman Arkham Asylum ($24.99), 50% Far Cry 2 Fortunes Pack ($9.99), and 25% off the recently released Dragon Age Origins ($37.49) among others. – http://store.steampowered.com/early-holiday Direct 2 Drive is [...]
Stardock CEO Estimates Size of PC Digital Distribution Market
On September 10, 2009 Gamasutra revealed that in an interview Stardock CEO Brad Wardell estimated that digital distribution roughly accounts for 25% of the overall PC market. Wardell further estimated that will double in a year or 2. No further information was given as to the source of these estimates although Wardell has extensive contacts [...]