In case you missed it, this month’s issue of Forbes features none other than Activision CEO Bobby Kotick on the cover. It’s a weird, weird feeling to see a guy like Kotick on the cover of such a popular mainstream business mag. On the one hand, it’s a validation of how important the industry is [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Bobby Kotick is a Shameless Knockoff of the Monopoly Guy
Posted in Culture, Marketing, The biz, tagged Activision, Ars Technica, Bobby Kotick, CEOs, Forbes, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Tony Hawk on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I got my first real six-string…”
Posted in Culture, Marketing, Sony, Sports games, The biz, tagged Dragonforce, Guitar Hero, MLB, MLB 09: The Show, Music Games, New York Yankees, Plays, Playstation 3, Rock Band, Sony, Xbox 360, Yankees on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fellow marketer and WordPresser Doug Meacham tied together some stirring evidence to back up a thought I’ve been chewing on for quite a while: popularity of music games will lead to greater interested in playing actual musical instruments. It makes perfect sense. While there were a few sky-is-falling critics of the genre early on, Guitar [...]
Too much of a good thing?
Posted in Marketing, The biz, tagged Gears of War 2, Holiday glut, Little Big Pla, Little Big Planet, Madden, Release Schedules on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As nerds our people are wont do this time of year, daily games sites, magazines, and even some members of the mainstream press have spent the last few weeks compiling their “Best Of” lists and presenting their choices for game of the year. Overall, the industry’s at a very weird place for awards season. We [...]
