What’s happened in the business of video games this past week…
QUOTE | “There’s no level of polish.” – Former Apple games guru Graeme Devine on the biggest problem with iPhone games
QUOTE | “Incompetent” – Infamous hacking group Anonymous, denying responsibility for the massive PSN outage.
STAT | 533% – The amount that 3D Blu-ray spending is expected to rise this year.
QUOTE | “[They] can recapture dominant hardware share if the Wii 2 is sufficiently powerful.” – Analyst Michael Pachter’s thinking about Nintendo’s chances against Sony and Microsoft.
TWIST | Fable III for PC on Windows AND Steam – does a budding relationship with Valve hint at future Steam support on Xbox 360?
STAT | 34% – The amount of the portable games market that iOS and Android captured in 2010 as Nintendo DS declined.
QUOTE | “If there’s anything that’s killing us [in the traditional games business] it’s dollar apps.” – Epic President Mike Capps lamenting the state of games publishing
QUOTE | “Putting their stake in the ground” – Analyst explains why EA is airing Battlefield 3 ads on television 6-7 months before launch.
QUOTE | “That would be crazy cool.” – Former Apple games guru’s reaction to the rumor that the company will launch Apple TV as a new games console.
This Week In Business courtesy of IndustryGamers.com. Photo: Tony Wear, Shutterstock.
