This Week in the Business 'PS3 Superslim Could Be a Super Stumble'
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “PS3 superslim could be a super stumble.” —Veteran games 
journalist Chris Morris writes that Sony is shooting itself in the foot by announcing the new design and not dropping prices
QUOTE สมัคร winner55 เครดิต ฟรี 188 | “They love games. We need more of that. A lot more.”—Seamus Blackley, Xbox co-creator, talking with other industry luminaries about the retirement of BioWare founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk QUOTE | “While I’m sure Dr. Ray will do great things in the future, and Dr. Greg’s beers will be delicious, I doubt they’ll lead to me having a meaningful sexual relationship with an alien.”—Rachel Weber, journalist with GamesIndustry International, talking with other editors ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์มือถือ about the impact BioWare’s founders had on the industrycnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"5945530","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"culture","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); QUOTE | “If they don’t feel like they’re getting their money’s worth they’re going to bitch.”—Pete Hines, VP of PR and Marketing for Bethesda, talking about why they’re being careful about micro-transactions in Elder Scrolls Online
QUOTE | “There’s no such thing as an ‘average’, or even a ‘mainstream’ [gamer].”—Rob Fahey, former editor of GamesIndustry.biz, writing about whether the Tokyo Game Show is still relevant given the huge variety in gamers today
QUOTE | “I look at ourselves as the Steam of social.”—Rob Dyer, VP of partner publishing at Zynga, talking about Zynga’s efforts to publish games by other developers on Facebook, the web, and mobile platforms STAT | 9% —Amount sales of NHL 13 have increased over last year’s first-week sales, according to EA; the publisher reported $27 million in revenue was generated QUOTE | “With that will come more premium price points.”—Greg Canessa, VP of Mobile for Activision, predicting that games for tablets will have higher production values and longer play value, and Yono all app get more expensive
QUOTE | “The work the console manufacturers do isn’t irrational.”—David Helgason, CEO of Unity, talking about their deal with Nintendo to bring Unity developers to the Wii U STAT | 400 million—Total number of users of the Google+ social network; the network has 41 different games available for 
users QUOTE | “It seems pretty amazing that a company like EA would pursue a course of action like that.”—Attorney Mark Methenitis, commenting on the lawsuit between EA and Zynga concerning copyright infringement in the social space STAT | $25 million—Amount reportedly paid by Zynga for mid-core social 
game developer A Bit Lucky; all 20 of the company’s employees are now working at Zynga’s San Francisco headquarters This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International (Image from Shutterstock)
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