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Games Market Monitor - Hardware Q2 2010 | 30 Aug 10 tags › | Year-on-year hardware volumes on a global basis are down just over 20 per cent for the second quarter of 2010, underscoring the fact that a number of platforms are now in decline. The console cycle is maturing and, as is typical, it is beginning to wane. Sony's PlayStation 3 is the only TV console to experience a major worldwide uptick for the period, while Nintendo's DS handhelds drop swiftly, em...

Games Market Monitor: Social Gaming in H1 2010 | 12 Aug 10 tags › | The social gaming market exploded in 2009. Despite having only just emerged from such an intensely formative phase, social gaming in the first half of 2010 has brought with it some strict lessons about consolidation, platform ownership and software maturity. Screen Digest looks at these developments, largely through examination of Facebook as a gaming platform in H1 2010.

Electronic Arts CQ2 2010 Guidance | 19 Jul 10 tags › | In this report Screen Digest examines the revenue guidance of Electronic Arts for the second calendar quarter of 2010. This report forecasts Electronic Arts' revenues for C2Q 2010 and looks closely at the publisher's evolving digital revenues. Screen Digest takes a view on whether the publisher is likely to meet expectations by modelling revenues through forecasting quarterly retail sell-in of pac...

Analyst commentary

More online TV services announced for PS3 | 23 Aug 10 tags › | Sony has announced deals with several broadcasters to make their online TV services available via its PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console, including ITV, which becomes Sony's second broadcaster partner on the...

Mobile social games on rise in Japan | 19 Aug 10 tags › | Leading Japanese mobile social network and mobile commerce company DeNA reported total Q2 2010 revenues of $262m. It generated $172.9m from games related sales, comfortably making it the leading global...

Google acquires microtransactions platform Jambool | 11 Aug 10 tags › | Google has acquired payment solution platform Jambool, for $55m, reportedly accompanied by a $10-15m earnout bonus upon accomplishing certain performance targets. Jambool owns and operates the Social Gold...

Presentations

Games: State of Play August 2010 | 09 Aug 10 tags › | Games state of play presentation given August 2010. General overview of the games sector at the mid-point of 2010. Expected packaged games performance in 2010-2014 and analysis of its decline. Examination of the transition to online business models and expected performance of the online sectors versus packaged sales to 2014. Internal client presentation.