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Analyst: PS3 to dominate 2008 as media-hub console

2007-12-18 02:02:34 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...Piers Harding-Rolls of Screen Digest, the future of consoles isn't much of motion-sensing or high def, but could be something else entirely.Harding-Rolls believes that, at least for 2008, the major factor that can make waves in the industry is the ability of a console to be a mutli-media entertainment set-top box. Here's a quote from...
 
Tags: ps3, console, harding-rolls, analyst piers harding-rolls, ps3 appeal, key console battleground, multi-media, multi-media hubs, digital terrestrial tv
 
 
 
 
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Big storm brewing: Blu-ray HD-DVD stalemate over by 2008

2007-12-18 01:59:44 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...Piers Harding-Rolls' earlier statement about consoles acting as multi-media hubs being the major factor for 2008, Richard Cooper, also an analyst, projects that the stalemate between HD-DVD and Blu-ray will also end next year.The deciding factor in the Toshiba-Sony format wars will be one key player shifting the scales. Cooper didn't mention...
 
Tags: cooper, richard cooper, market, niche market, analyst, analyst piers harding-rolls, toshiba-sony format wars, major factor, factor
 
 
 
 
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How accurate are your favorite video game analysts?

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2008-02-18 00:00:00 by Kyle Orland in Joystiq
...Piers Harding-Rolls and predict stuff so far into the future no one can tell how accurate your calls are until you've moved on to used car sales or something The full piece takes an interesting look behind the scenes in analyst-land and provides some good reasons to be cautious of all those stories with headlines that start with "Analyst...
 
Tags: video game analyst, predictions, crazy predictions, michael pachter, predict stuff, sweet job, nintendo wii, microsoft xbox, car sales
 
 
 
 
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Massively: MMO development still riddled with risk

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2008-05-02 15:39:08 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Piers Hardings-Rolls, this cut-throat trend is only deepening Their research shows that popular new development strategies, like purchasing lucrative intellectual properties and importing cheaply-developed MMOs from Asia , has done little to shake up the subscription-based business, where most of the profit is still concentrated in a few...
 
Tags: development, titles, mmo titles, business, business models, extremely successful titles, development strategies, analyst piers hardings-rolls, lucrative intellectual properties
 
 
 
 
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MMO development still riddled with risk

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2008-05-02 15:00:00 by Chris Chester in Massively
...Piers Hardings-Rolls, this cut-throat trend is only deepening Their research shows that popular new development strategies, like purchasing lucrative intellectual properties and importing cheaply-developed MMOs from Asia , has done little to shake up the subscription-based business, where most of the profit is still concentrated in a few...
 
Tags: development, titles, mmo titles, business, business models, extremely successful titles, development strategies, analyst piers hardings-rolls, lucrative intellectual properties
 
 
 
 
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ANALYSIS: MMOGs Risk vs Reward

2008-05-03 00:00:00 by Editor in MMOsite Gaming News
 
The website of Next-Gen.biz released an interesting article which analyst Piers Harding-Rolls examines the gambles involved in publishing premium online games
 
Tags: premium online games, website, biz, article, gambles
 
 
 
 
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WarCry Network : Latest News: LotRO: Lorebook Update: Girdley Island

2008-05-06 22:02:28 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...piers on the island, providing ample room for fishing hobbits, or anyone wishing to take a break from their adventures with LOTRO's fishing system Girdley Island is a location fleshed out by the developers at Turbine for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Players following the course of the Brandywine cannot miss the tall island...
 
Tags: island, girdley island, steep island, location, mapquest-ish location finder, tall island, brandybuck family rowed, north, north bridgefields
 
 
 
 
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Become Death's daughter in Venetica: new PC, Xbox 360 RPG

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2008-05-28 00:00:00 by Jason Dobson in Joystiq
...Piers Anthony's pockets with gold, we're less informed about the old guy's family tree. Nevertheless, one thing we now know, if developer Deck 13 is to be believed, is that the immortality incarnate had a daughter named Scarlett, with the German dev casting her as the central character in Venetica , an upcoming RPG for the Xbox 360 and PC ...
 
Tags: xbox, scarlett, daughter named scarlett, venetica, microsoft xbox, publisher dtp describes, german dev, piers anthony, family tree
 
 
 
 
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Gaming giants look to mainstream

2008-07-14 09:10:14 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...Piers Harding-Rolls It's not just about the traditional gamer anymore. More casual, lifestyle and family-orientated products are going to appeal to a wider demographic," said the Screen Digest analyst
 
Tags: analyst piers harding-rolls, analyst, traditional gamer anymore, microsoft, giants, mass market, los angeles, recent cut, nintendo wii
 
 
 
 
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Even Wii isn't immune to recession, says analyst

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2008-11-18 16:01:03 by Glenn M. in Nintendo DS
...Piers Harding-Rolls explains why He points out that the games market is relatively less affected by recession. "The market is very much driven by its own hardware cycles, and that previous cycles have not been significantly impacted by recessions," he said The core gamer demographic has always been males 18-35 years of age - people with...
 
Tags: games, games market, market, casual market, wii, recession, usual gamer market, social games, core gamer demographic