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    Jonman: Oh how I love me some graphs. Shiny, visualised data, mmmm. Excel is my friend. more »
    SigmundTheSeaMonster: Marketing 101. THough, I recall most of the GOOD games are released three weeks before Thanksgiving holidays (Gears, Halo, GTA4,...) more »
    okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Quality walks, bullshit talks! more »
    Last Face: So basically Q4 is all shitty games and AAA games? I mean what it looks like to me is that they just make less mediocre ones and stick to the extremes. more »
    Talleh: I wonder, does this count XBLA games? If they're using metacritic, and I'm pretty sure that includes XBLA games, it's not so accurate, especially with... more »
    Perfec7: And the thing is, almost all of the "good" games on the 360 are REALLY good. Same with the PS3. The Wii...not so much. more »
    Hamsfork: Unfortunately every console has way more shovelware than actually good games. It's always been like that and probably will never change. more »
    Alternate: Thats not too bad. I mean, 13% as a whole kind of sounds bad, but thinking that that is 48 whole games that last around 10 hours each, not including m... more »
    Obey__: This is fun. Do the Wii next! I'd really like to see what the odds. Though i bet they wouldn't be all that great. Who knows though, you could surprise... more »
    JetPogi: I wish there was someway for gamestop to require its employees to tell their customer the game they picked sucks but this is on an opinion basis so it... more »
    The_Saint: I don't make my mom buy me anything anymore -I'm pushing 30. She knows better than to try to get me something that I don't already have anyway... Bes... more »
    jasu78: Poor Crackdown... never getting the respect it deserves for being one of the best sandbox games out there in terms of actually being able to control y... more »
    That One Guy: I heard Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge is on the Xbox360 more »
    Benny: Glad to know not to let a mom buy a game at random... I am preparing for the anti360 crew to come on board now :p more »
    -MasterDex-: €823 million is waaay to much to be spending a year, especially now in this economic climate. I reckon even half that amount would be sufficient eno... more »
    Toasticus: Holy crap. That much money could fund the actual development several hundred full-release games over the course of their entire development cycle. It'... more »
    keptsimple81: ::cue rush of people commenting that GTAIV is a crap game* that only sold well because of advertising, thus proving their hardcore cred:: *not my opinion more »
  • #research

    So, Just How Many Games Come Out At Christmas Time?

    It's a common complaint from gamers: there are just too damn many games coming out between October and December to give time to them all. But just how many games are there at Christmas? More »
  • #research

    So, How Many 360 Games Are Any Good?

    Picture the scene: your mum walks into GameStop. She walks to the Xbox 360 section, and picks out a game for your birthday. At random. What are the odds she picks a good one? More »
  • #advertising

    Report: Game Industry Spent $823M Shilling Games In '08

    The video game industry racked up impressive sales in 2008, pulling in more than $21 billion in sales in the United States alone. That make for a similarly impressive marketing tab. More »
  • #eedar

    Guitar Hero Peaking Says Analyst

    An analyst for Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) says that new sales figures show that the Guitar Hero franchise may have reached its peak. More »