TweetAccording to MCVUK a number of game retailers increasingly feeling threatened by Steam, the digital distribution platform from Valve. The whole thing is cooking up since more and more top tier PC retail games are including Valve’s networking and community middle-ware Steamworks. “If we have a digital service, then I don’t want to start selling a [...]
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Game Retailer threaten to ban Steam Games
Posted by Sebastian on November 11, 2010
http://www.deals4downloads.com/blog/2010/11/11/game-retailer-threaten-to-ban-steam-games/
How is digital distribution changing the games you play?
TweetThat is indeed an interesting questions which has been discussed at length at the latest Brighton based Develop Conference. For your benefit a short summary of the main arguments: – Digital distribution has a democratizing effect on the market, letting big publishers and small indie developers compete on even footing. – There is the fear [...]
Posted by Sebastian on July 23, 2010
http://www.deals4downloads.com/blog/2010/07/23/how-is-digital-distribution-changing-the-games-you-play/
Square Enix: Digital Distribution is the Future
TweetSquare Enix Chief Executive Yoichi Wada talks to Forbes about his vision for both company and the games industry. Wada says digital distribution of games and online social games are the future, and Square Enix must focus on them. “Two things are clear: The distribution channels will change and the revenue model will change,” Wada [...]
Posted by Sebastian on June 24, 2010
http://www.deals4downloads.com/blog/2010/06/24/square-enix-digital-distribution-is-the-future/
Behind the Scenes: You spent $4.5 Billion on Download Games in 2009
TweetAccording to the latest market analysis of the NPD Group, of the $15 something billion spent in the US on video games $4.5 are for downloadable games. Ok, maybe it’s not all spent on digitally distributed games only but also on downloadable content and mobile apps. Still, it’s an impressive number and almost a third [...]
Posted by Sebastian on June 17, 2010
http://www.deals4downloads.com/blog/2010/06/17/behind-the-scenes-you-spent-4-5-billion-on-download-games/
E3 Midterm Roundup on Digital Distribution
TweetE3 has opend it’s gates and we’re happy to embrace the flood of news. However, between all the new games, ex-Natals and announcements it’s easy to miss some of the smaller but neverthess interesting news bits – especially concerning the digital distribution. To right this unjustice here a few¬¨‚Ć items that we picked up along [...]
Posted by Sebastian on June 16, 2010
http://www.deals4downloads.com/blog/2010/06/16/e3-midterm-roundup-on-digital-distribution/
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