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more about #stats Atomsk88: I can think of Spider-Man 2 as being the rare and amazingly spectacular exception to movie games and their blatant reputation. Anyway, yes, when you ... more » dsectric: The only movie-based game I've bought is Goldeneye ^_^ more » shimage: If I am to believe the internets, 3rd party games do not sell on Nintendo platforms, so obviously movie tie-ins would do worst on the Wii. more » Emperor_Guam: I will only admit to owning one movie game and that is a copy of Home Alone 2 for SNES. The only reason I own it is because someone gave it to me so I... more » Xylophone: Whoa whoa whoa. Hang on. Back up... There's ANOTHER Alvin and the Chipmunks movie out? more » sunpop: The last movie based game I bought would have to have been...uhh The 7 samurai game and that was only loosely based on an old old movie. more » Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: not really a surprise to me... why? shovelware... wii being the leader in shoverware.... these households look for kidsitters and having a multitude... more » mangajunky: They also play Farmville, YoVille, and Mafia Wars. more » SmilingPolitely: Go figure - I was about that age when I decided Mystic Quest was a better buy than Final Fantasy IV. Man, was I dumb. Do your kids a favour and buy ... more » DarkestHero: I cry inside everytime I see a little boy/ Girl buy one of these pieces of garbage.. Last time I was in line that someone was buying one was in EB and... more » b-radicate: What's sad to me is that I like to think this wasn't always the case. Licensed games used to be pretty damn good on older platforms. Some of my fond... more » RedRaptor: Remember when licensed movie games were good? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Hell, this series bore fruit right up until the third movie, which managed t... more » shouryuuken: one thing i absolutely cannot understand is why publishers insist on putting out bad licensed games. it seems to me that you get your initial sales f... more » Castor_Krieg: Also, these households tend to be wealthier, with incomes above $70,000 - clear example that money can't buy good taste. more » Manly_McBeeferton: I'm surprised anyone buys movie games. It's a pretty Universally-known fact that movie games are HORRIBLE. more » (Starman) NONAME: "households with kids ages 6-12 represent the 'sweet spot' for these products" No shit. I used to do the same for a while when i was that age. Lucki... more » ShaSt One: I heard Jumper: Griffin's Story is pretty bad, like most movie tie-ins... but... I wanna play it... I like Jumper. It's strange... I know it's not tha... more » Omnimon: Where's that study on who plays the 360 versus the PS3... that might actually help explain it, as well. If I remember correctly, the average PS3 owne... more » Dick Socrates: I only listen to Leslie Nielsen. more » Spoony: yea wow i wasn't expecting the PS3 to lead that list i would have thought it a safe bet to think the wii would have. more » -
#moviegames
Nielsen Tells Us Who Buys Movie Games
Since no one here will admit to buying video game movies - so few rise above the category's shovelware reputation - Nielsen done some research on the demographics most likely to buy titles like Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. More » -
#screengrab
Video Games Eight Times Bigger Than Erection Drugs
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#gta
GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Now Exceed 5,800
When last I checked, just over a month ago, nearly 4,500 people had jumped through the hoops to finish Rockstar's portable GTA. The increase has been steady. More » -
#consolewars
Nielsen Drops the Ball on Console Usage Numbers
Remember that study of video gamer habits Nielsen released earlier this week showing the Wii in third place and the Playstation 3 in seventh, last even after the GameCube and original Xbox? It was wrong. More » -
#esrb
Mature Games Are Down 50% Since 2005
For as violent a reputation as has been bestowed upon the video game industry, 'M' rated games only make a small percentage of their total numbers and, according to the ESRB, this small percentage is actually down 50% since 2005. Back then, 12% of titles were rated M. And in 2006, that figure was already down to 8%. In 2007, a year in which the ESRB rated 1,563 games, 'M' rated games only accounted for 6% of the titles. More » -
