1. Music games become even bigger. Rock Band is just the start.
2. Wii continues to outsell competitors; but the new content volume lag vs PS3 and 360 could enable others to make up lost ground.
3. Virtual world hubris takes a breather. Kids worlds still mainstay as Second Life stagnates.
4. The “mass market” by $$ is still very much consoles. But online is growing fast so “mass market” by audience volume remains up for grabs.
5. A cable or TV operator will make the XBOX360 their set top box.
6. A TV company will create a virtual world whose user numbers outstrip anything created by the games industry.
7. Avatars will continue to grow across all platforms as people struggle to create a 2 or 3D online representation of their personal brand.
8. EA continue to falter, losing more key talent.
9. Activision will not capitalise on bringing Blizzard’s online experience into its portfolio this year, but watch out in 2009.
10. GTA IV will sell an absolute boat load of units, showing our our animation to the world!
January 28, 2008 at 6:45 am
Online games have been expanding like nothing on the Internet.
Many new online gaming sites have come up.
Even I’m a big sucker of online games. They are susually easy on systems, have a light theme and can be interesting without getting addictive.
Some of the latest that I came across are from Zapak.com.. Zapak is promising to give away free cash to the people who play one of the 30 cash games. (Not cash prizes for winning the game, but to anyone who plays the game) . Just loved the way they have structured the games in this category.
Here is the link
http://www.zapak.com/tgthome.zpk?utm_source=b
February 18, 2008 at 5:38 pm
hmm … nice blog post!
i reckon that sites like uvme.com (my referral link to sign up being http://www.winvme.com) will prosper! but only cos i have a vested interest!