Gaming News
Warhammer Delayed - “Okay, the news is out about WAR being delayed till to the second quarter 2008 (of the calendar year (April, May and June)”
Warhammer
LucasArts and BioWare - “LucasArts and BioWare Corp. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product. The product, details of which will be unveiled at a later date, will be developed and published by BioWare and LucasArts, and will push the boundaries of the gaming market by utilizing the strengths of both companies to deliver an innovative, high-quality experience.”
BioWare and LucasArts
Tabula Rasa goes Live
Hellgate London Launched
“Game companies holding account info hostage?”
MMOCRUNCH
Points - You either keep your CC information in our system or the game that you PAID for will no longer work, ever.
The CD Key is no longer valid
You can change CC info but not remove it
This detours Selling accounts
How many people actually remove acct info anyway
Is it something to really be concerned over
Ponder Points - CD's Sales are down is Music Doomed?
What's going to happen to the music industry?
Record Labels are industry, music is art.
The Artist does not make money off the CD Sales.
"So the problem with the music labels is not that music is an industry in decline but that they have a too-narrow view of what business they're in."
"I think most music will soon be free, as artists give away the product as marketing for their performances and licensing,"
Stats from Article - Indeed, it appears that every single part of the music industry except the sale of compact discs is up.
* Concerts and merchandise: UP (+4%)
* Digital tracks: UP (+46%)
* Ringtones: UP (+86% last year, but probably just single-digit percent this year)
* Licensing for commercials, TV shows, movies and videogames: UP (Warner Music saw licensing grow by about $20 million over the past year)
* Even vinyl singles (think DJs): UP (more than doubled in the UK)
* And, if you include the iPod in the music industry, as I'd argue a fair-minded analysis would: UP, UP, UP! (+31% this year)
Only CDs are down (-18%). They're around 60% of the industry not including the MP3 players, but just around 25% if you do include them.
Trent Reznor on the decline of Labels - "How long do you think before the labels are out of business?
Trent: I mean, who knows? I remember a time when it felt like, being on a major label, our interests were aligned. At times, it's a pretty well-oiled machine and the luxury is that I feel like I've got a team of people who are taking care of the shit I don't want to think about. I don't care about the radio guy, I just want to make music. But those days are gone. Because, mainly, that infrastructure is broken at the moment. How long before [record companies] are irrelevant? Who knows? They seem to be doing everything they can to make sure that happens as quickly as possible."
