As I prepare to say goodbye to to the blog, I thought it would be a great time to revisit “Games of our Lives.” The original 3-part series was some of my favorite material to write, and I still go back and re-read them every now and then. I intended to cap off each year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Playstation 3’
Games of our Lives: Supplemental
Posted in Games of our Lives, Old school, tagged Playstation 3, Super Smash Bros., Uncharted 2, Wii on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Filling the Void
Posted in Marketing, Old school, The biz, tagged 8-bit, Capcom, Dark void, Playstation 3, retro, Xbox 360 on December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just like last year, this Christmas’ new games slate went lighter than planned, as quite a few high priority games’ release dates slipped into the first quarter of next year. Hardly anyone wants to delay a project release, especially when you consider how long the development cycle on current gen games can get. But sometimes [...]
Know your NPD’s: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Posted in Marketing, Microsoft, Sony, Sports games, The biz, tagged Batman Arkham Asylum, Madden 10, Microsoft, Nintendo, NPD Group, Playstation 3, Sony, Wii, Wii Fit, Xbox 360 on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The NPD Group’s US Video Game Report for September just hit my inbox last night, and it may be an early indicator of the exciting fourth quarter predicted by some pretty smart cats. We saw increases across most categories from September ’08′s numbers, but not enough to pull the year-on-year numbers out of their recession [...]
Another Brick in the Wal-Mart
Posted in Marketing, The biz, tagged Batman Arkham Asylum, board games, Pandemic, Playstation 3, Puerto Rico, retail, Settlers of Catan, Wal-Mart, Xbox 360 on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s been almost a year since I saw anything really compelling in games retail, so I was surprised to see a cool idea out of… Wal-Mart of all places. I’ve only been inside Wal-Mart a handful of times, having grown up in southeast Michigan and thus buying everything at Meijer for the first 20 years [...]
During the holidays, reruns = classics
Posted in Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, The biz, tagged Gran Turismo 5, Halo, Microsoft, Nintendo, Playstation 3, Rock Band, Sony, The Beatles, Wii, Xbox 360 on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With today’s The Beatles: Rock Band launch, I can’t help but wonder if all the cards are already on the table for what could be a very interesting Christmas’ “console war.” Sony’s slim hardware redesign was a non-starter for me, until they blinked first and threw in a matching slimmer price point. Microsoft followed suit [...]
Direct CURRENTS?
Posted in Culture, Marketing, The biz, tagged Batman, Batman Arkham Asylum, comic books, Epic Games, Licensed Games, Playstation 3, PS3, Spider-man, Unreal Engine, X-men, Xbox 360 on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We finally got the Batman game we’ve always wanted, with the superb Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady dropping this week. The reviews are glowing, with some lofty comparisons and even “Game of the Year” buzz surfacing. Going back to last summer with the The Dark Knight movie, we’ve seen two projects take on the Batman license [...]
ReviE³w
Posted in Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, The biz, tagged E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft, Nintendo, Playstation 3, Rock Band, Sony, Super Mario Brothers, The Beatles, Wii, Wii Fit, Xbox 360 on June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While I didn’t get out to last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³), I was really glad to see the show return to the more recognizable “under the big top” format. At a time when just about everyone is forced to cut costs wherever possible, it was nice to see some of the industry’s big hitters [...]
Sony: the Industry’s Weird Art Collective?
Posted in Culture, Indie games, Marketing, Sony, The biz, tagged Damien Hirst, Flower, Gears of War, Grand Theft, Grand Theft Auto IV, GTAIV, Halo, Little B, Little Big Planet, Playstation 3, Resident Evil, Ridge Racer, Sony, Tekken, Wipeout on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I’ve written before, Sony’s big draw for me (and many others) during the original Playstation era was the level of respect they had for the audience. Ridge Racer, Tekken, Wipeout, and the Resident Evil series all made their home debut on the system, and all elevated their respective genre to new heights. Sony marketed [...]
“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 [...]
Home Alone?
Posted in Culture, Marketing, Sony, tagged avatars, Home, Playstation 3, Second Life, Sony, virtual worlds, Xbox 360, Xbox Live on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In case you missed it, Sony announced their first official corporate partner in Home – and it’s none other than Red Bull. For the uninitiated, Home is Sony’s oft-delayed avatar based virtual world that (theoretically) connects every PS3 owner, so they can meet up, chat, and play together. It’s not the worst idea ever, but [...]
