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NPD: Behind the Numbers, January 2009
[In the industry's most-read NPD analysis, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews looks at the state of the U.S. game market going into 2009, from Nintendo dominance through Call Of Duty 's evolution.] As 2009 opens, the video game industry is reorganizing itself. Publishers are restructuring and ...
NPD: Nintendo Domination Continues as Industry Racks Up $1.33 Billion in January
NPD: Nintendo Domination Continues as Industry Racks Up $1.33 Billion in January
gamedaily.com — Forget Joe the Plumber... Mario the Plumber is where it's at. Nintendo once again controlled the market... with the Wii and software like Wii Fit, Mario Kart and Wii Play. (more) NPD: Nintendo Domination Continues as Industry Racks Up ...
News: Activision and Nintendo to be 'most successful' in 2009
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GameDev.Net — ... . All is well to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars. I guess it's the age of the indie nowadays. Oh, and I love NPD numbers, but you guys don't really seem to care. So here's a GamaSutra analysis of the January 09 numbers , and that's all I'll say about that. Enough about economics. There's a sizable number of people who feel that raytracing is "the future" and will eventually replace our current rasterized approach to real time graphics. I myself think those people are way off the mark and being entirely off base, but that doesn't mean raytracing work isn't ...

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