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Electronic Arts Job Cuts: Grim Outlook for Game Industry

The latest news will come as no surprise to readers here. I have written multiple articles on how and why Electronic Arts (ERTS) is losing so much money. And I have written multiple articles about what is wrong with the games industry and why it is ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.

Apples to Apples: Will History Repeat Itself as Android Gains on the iPhone?

I opened one of the first computer stores, Microdigital in Liverpool, in 1978. So I was in a good position to see the rise of Apple (AAPL) to dominate the personal computer (PC) market. I even visited Apple in Cupertino in California and was offered ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Steve Jobs,  Sony

Electronic Arts: Battlefield Heroes Business Model Is Brilliant

The first is advertising. Not in-game, as that can spoil the experience unless the advert is actually a part of the game itself. Instead EA have put the adverts on the game website and on the front end of the game, where they don’t detract from the ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.

Some Free Advice for Electronic Arts

To the office of John Riccitiello. The AppStore has been open for a year, it has seen the biggest success of any new gaming platform in the whole history of video gaming. There are now about 65,000 apps published and there have been over one and a half ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, ETF Investor,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.,  Apple, Inc.,  Google Inc.

PS3 Causes Heartache for Sony

The business model for console games in this generation is not a good one. Games are very expensive to develop but most make a loss, it is only the occasional hits that keep the industry going. The reason the games cost so much to make is that the ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, ETF Investor,  23 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  Microsoft Corporation

So Long, LCD Displays

Starting in the 1970s LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens have gradually taken over the whole world of displays. The early LCDs were small and mono, without backlighting, so used little power. They were ideal for watches and calculators. Then came ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, ETF Investor,  8 Jun 2009

Microsoft Takes Gaming Further with Natal

In 2002 Sony (SNE) brought us the Eyetoy peripheral but failed to capitalise on its potential. At the 2005 Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo (NTDOY.PK) revealed their Wii gesture interface that was probably the biggest ever single step change in video gaming. ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  2 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Sony

Android: Potentially the Greatest Gaming Platform

With all this talk of Android here and elsewhere on the web, it is perhaps worth looking at what it is. Especially as it has the potential to very rapidly become one of the biggest gaming platforms. Android has also been implemented by users on a wide ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, ETF Investor,  1 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Apple, Inc.,  Google Inc.

Free Realms: A Great Success for Sony

You are currently following Bruce Everiss You are no longer following Bruce Everiss Free Realms is a free to play PC MMORPG (soon to be coming to PS3). The business model involves paid for enhanced subscriptions, micropayments for in games items and ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: Sony

The Ongoing Smartphone Revolution

There is no way that Alexander Graham Bell could have predicted that his humble invention, the telephone, would grow to become the most important and significant device used by virtually every human on earth. In recent years they have grown a portfolio ...

From BRUCE EVERISS, Seeking Alpha,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Alexander Graham Bell,  Motorola, Inc.

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