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Digital Download Game World’s Best DLC of 2010 (Part 1)
2010 has been huge for the Digital Download industry. The scope of digital downloads have changed and so has player expectations. At the start of 2009, Digital Download games were often referred to as mini games and mobile games were all classed, casual games. Now, as we reach the end of the decade, retailers are [...]
EA Shoots For 40/60% Digital to Physical Revenue Split
Speaking to an audience at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference yesterday, EA’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown noted the important role that PC and DLC plays in the publisher’s revenue. “A principal growth driver has been downloads for extra content, which includes microtransactions for free to play games. This would include Playfish, map packs [...]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will Take Overpriced DLC Over Online Pass System Any Day
Kotick: Online passes aren’t “in the best interest of the gamer” In a recent interview, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick claimed the publisher is not interested in introducing any type of online pass system to increase revenues from the trade-in market. “We can do some of these things that EA and others have done,” Kotick told Joystiq. [...]
Medal of Honor Adds FREE DLC ‘Clean Sweep’ Alongside Premium ‘Hot Zone’ DLC
Medal of Honor developers Dice have announced today that two brand new multiplayer modes: Clean Sweep and Hot Zone, are now available for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners. Clean Sweep is a free multiplayer elimination mode that will be playable over two new maps: Bagram Hanger and Khyler Caves, as well as revamped [...]
EA Reveals Windows Phone 7 Launch Titles
EA joins launch lineup of Xbox LIVE-enabled mobile titles slated to release this fall. EA has announced their lineup of mobile titles for the soon-to-release Windows Phone 7, which will be released next month. The first titles will ship in 2010 with additional phone models arriving in early 2011. The games will be Xbox LIVE-enabled [...]
FIFA DLC Sales Responsible For “Above And Beyond” Revenue For EA
At the Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Technology Conference in San Francisco yesterday, EA’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown asserted that despite the controversy surrounding their $10 online system charge for secondhand games, digital content is vital to the future success of EA. Brown claims that used games in America represent around 20 per cent of [...]
