Granted » Games http://grant.robinson.name/blog Grant Robinson's thoughts and findings on design, games and digitalia Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Trends in gaming http://grant.robinson.name/blog/2008/12/trends-in-gaming/ http://grant.robinson.name/blog/2008/12/trends-in-gaming/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:01:37 +0000 Grant http://grant.robinson.name/blog/?p=36 A nice overview of the current state of gaming if you haven’t been following the industry too closely lately.

Some quick takeaways:

  • Over 50% (US) adults now play video games. 40% + are female.
  • Gaming industry is worth 34 billion worldwide – bigger than movies, music & books.
  • Closer ties between gaming and movie industries. Gaming starting to pull talent from the film industry as well as create it’s own entertainment franchises (including movie spin-offs).
  • World of Warcraft really is a phenomenon. With 10 million+ active subscribers, it’s over 10 times more popular than any other MMOG.

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