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Ed covers video games for Screen Digest. He has completed numerous major studies on the gambling and video games industries for Screen Digest as well as consultancy projects including board level strategic advisory work on online gambling, fantasy sports, skill gaming, mobile gaming, online gaming, games publishing, Asian MMO's and next generation console software. Ed has spoken at industry conferences and is regularly cited in both consumer and trade coverage of the gambling and games industries.

Company THQ CQ4 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of THQ for the crucial final calendar quarter of 2009. This report forecasts THQs revenues for CQ4 2009 and reviews its performance for the year. Screen Digest takes a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
04-Feb-10

Company Ubisoft CQ4 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Ubisoft for the crucial final calendar quarter of 2009. This report forecasts Ubisofts revenues for CQ4 2009 and reviews its performance for the year. Screen Digest takes a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
02-Feb-10

Company Electronic Arts CQ4 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Electronic Arts for the crucial final calendar quarter of 2009. This report forecasts Electronic Arts revenues for CQ4 2009 and reviews its performance for the year. Screen Digest takes a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
27-Jan-10

Company Activision Blizzard CQ4 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Activision Blizzard for the crucial final calendar quarter of 2009. This report forecasts Activision Blizzards revenues for CQ4 2009 and reviews its performance for the year. Screen Digest takes a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
14-Jan-10

Research Article 2009 Cautious optimism in games sector
Price cuts and release slates raise hopes as catalogue sales fall
17-Sep-09

Company Ubisoft CQ3 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Ubisoft. This report looks at Ubisoft's financial report for CQ3 2009. Screen Digest take a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
14-Aug-09

Company Activision Blizzard CQ3 2009 Guidance
In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Activision Blizzard. This report looks at Activision Blizzard's financial report for CQ3 2009. Screen Digest take a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of packaged retail games, digital and subscription revenues.
14-Aug-09

Industry In-Game Advertising: Market assessment and forecasts to 2014
This report analyses the emerging in-game advertising sector. It includes analysis of the dynamic games advertising value chain, in-depth profiles of the major games advertising operators, forecasts brand spending and reveals the results of a survey of GroupM's digital planners.
22-May-09

Company Nintendo Drives Games Market to Record Levels
Nintendo's formidable Q4 2008 performance - especially in Western territories - drove the games market to a record high with $30.5bn in consumer spending on games alone. Microsoft's 360 strategy for Europe can be considered a success, as the platform sold strongly compared to 2007 in PlayStation-dominated continental territories, while Sony's focus on divisional profitability resulted in a modest Q4 as the PS3 was left exposed on price.
13-Feb-09

Research Article 2008 Music games are driving growth
Gamers have a voracious appetite for downloadable follow-on content for games have bought on disc
03-Nov-08

Industry Console Games Bulletin: Console games publishing analysis Q4 08 No. 5
The thinking behind this Bulletin is to release regular updates, quarterly or half yearly depending on the data flow and market circumstances, in a similar format to enable subscribers to discern the key trends in the games publishing industry. The Bulletin will also focus in on key areas as necessary to ensure that the content remains timely and relevant.
27-Oct-08

Industry Games Bulletin H1 2008 No.3
This quarterly bulletin examines retail data from all key video games markets across the world in the first half of 2008. We also analyse our key games market forecasts, detail how they've changed since ye 2007 and analyse why.
28-Aug-08

Industry Console Games Bulletin: Console games publishing analysis Q3 08 No. 4
The thinking behind this Bulletin is to release regular updates, quarterly or half yearly depending on the data flow and market circumstances, in a similar format to enable subscribers to discern the key trends in the games publishing industry. The Bulletin will also focus in on key areas as necessary to ensure that the content remains timely and relevant.
13-Aug-08

Company Nintendo Leads The Race, But Rivals Are Catching Up
Nintendo has achieved a commanding lead in the console market thanks to the Wii, which had a worldwide installed base of 22m at the end of Q1 2008, ahead of Microsoft's Xbox (16m) and Sony's PS3 (10m). GMI, however, believes its rivals are better placed than Nintendo to benefit from rising HD demand and their greater appeal to third-party games publishers.
22-Jul-08

Research Article 2008 Next trends in games surveyed
Key issues facing the industry at this year's E3 show are explored in our assessment
17-Jul-08

Research Article 2008 Nintendo Wii leads hardware sales
But its position will be eroded on multiple fronts by 2011 as hi-def consoles, especially Sony's PlayStation 3, meet consumer demand for HD content
17-Jun-08

Industry Console Games Bulletin: Console games publishing analysis Q2 08 No. 3
Since before the launch of Xbox 360 in late 2005, Screen Digest has tracked multiple data points regarding every single packaged retail title confirmed for current generation home console platforms (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii).
28-May-08