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Edward Hunter's Blog
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Edward Hunter is the Global Director for comScore's Video Gaming practice. A recognized leader in measuring digital audiences, comScore boasts a consumer panel of over 2 million people in 37 countries who allow comScore to passively observe everything they do online.
Hunter analyzes, lectures on and comments on Video Gaming in all it's incarnations and has experience as a producer, designer and avid player of video games on nearly every platform.
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Expert Blogs
World Of Warcraft Audience Grows In The Face Of Increased Competition  |
| Posted by Edward Hunter on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:21:00 EDT in
Production
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| People call Blizzard's World of Warcraft a lot of things, and lately it seems the competitive landscape for the 5 year MMO juggernaut is heating up. But is Blizzard feeling the pinch of increased competition? |
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Video Games - Beneath The Numbers... |
| Posted by Edward Hunter on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:01:00 EDT in
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| In articles regarding the health of the video game industry during the downturn, one thing becomes clear: People understand that retail is no longer the only benchmarker, and they want to know more. I'll try to shed some light on what's really happening. |
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Not All Research Is Good Research |
| Posted by Edward Hunter on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:43:00 EDT in
Game Design
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| It's sort of my job to play the role of gamer/researcher, if anything, to ensure that as game players and creators we have a hand in the research that comes our way. But how do you sort out the l33t researchers from the n00bsicles? |
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Bring Real Socialization Back Into MMOs Or Else! |
| Posted by Edward Hunter on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:23:00 EDT in
Game Design
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| Socially massive games are here. They've been here for a while sure, but the explosion of newcomers to social networking and thusly, social games, means we'll be seeing more and more online + socialization + game. This model sound familiar to anyone? |
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Isn't Anyone Tired Of The Same Old MMO Classes Yet? |
| Posted by Edward Hunter on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:50:00 EDT in
Game Design
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| Seems like today, if you play an MMO, that regardless of theme you will be playing either the 'tank', the 'healer' or the 'damage dealer'. Time and time again this formula is followed to the letter begging the question - is that all there is in MMO's? |
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Edward Hunter's Comments
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Comment In: World Of Warcraft Audience Grows In The Face Of Increased Competition [Blog - 09/24/2009 - 10:21]
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@Andre comScore tracks the digital ... @Andre comScore tracks the digital behavior of consumers in 38 countries including yes, India and China. The application usage data always comes within a small percentage accuracy of WoW's stated audience. |
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Comment In: Video Games - Beneath The Numbers... [Blog - 09/15/2009 - 02:01]
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The conversion rate for something ... The conversion rate for something like Steam would be great - but it isn't available. For now, it is at least an indicator of the growing popularity of the concept of digital delivery, I think this speaks for itself. Ad impressions served into the online video game category definitely mean ... |
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Comment In: Not All Research Is Good Research [Blog - 09/10/2009 - 10:43]
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@ J. Bronaugh I really ... @ J. Bronaugh I really am speaking of proprietary research, but not always. Not only was the WTG research misinterpreted, but also the recent CDC research revealing the gamer as over 30 males who are overweight and depressed. The timeframe, 2006 that they conducted the research, might as well have ... |
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Comment In: Isn't Anyone Tired Of The Same Old MMO Classes Yet? [Blog - 08/25/2009 - 06:50]
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@Andy Hayward Anyone able to ... @Andy Hayward Anyone able to get me into the Aventurine MMO Darkfall to review it |
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Comment In: Analysis: The U.S. Game Industry - How Bad Is It? [News - 06/15/2009 - 06:32]
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It's really becoming important now ... It's really becoming important now to grain of salt numbers that source direct from retail. There is just too much going on in the subscription and digital download world to really tell if what we are seeing is a bona-fide impact on 'sales' vs. possible transitions to digital downloads which ... |
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