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Matt Matthews's Blog
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Gamasutra's regular NPD analyst and chart decipherer, Matt Matthews writes about the business of videogames -- this blog contains his personal opinions on the state of the market.
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Expert Blogs
UK Retail Video Game Marketshare for 1Q 2013  |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:50:00 EDT in
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| Looking at the latest UK sales figures, the Xbox 360 dominates while the Vita and Wii U struggle for relevancy. |
| Read More... | 2 Comments |
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Wii Remote: Nintendo's Generational Lock-in |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EDT in
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| Will the Wii remote drive consumers to future Nintendo consoles as competitors strive to establish their own natural motion controllers? |
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The Danger of Linear Models (Or: GameCube Nears 40 Million Systems) |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:57:00 EDT in
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| Linear modeling is fun and easy -- but also of limited value for extensive extrapolation. |
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Atari 7800 Sales Figures (1986 - 1990) |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT in
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| The owner of the Atari History Museum has released versions of Atari documents from the late 1980s showing sales of Atari's ill-fated Atari 7800 console. |
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How Konami's MGS4 May Sneak Around PSN Charges |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EDT in
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| Why Konami's MGS4 patches use BitTorrent to get around Sony's PSN bandwidth fees. |
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PlayStation Store's Top 10 Most Popular PS1 Games |
| Posted by Matt Matthews on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:00:00 EDT in
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| With fans clamoring for more classic PS1 games and Capcom promising more, Sony reveals the best-selling classics. |
| Read More... | 1 Comments |
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Matt Matthews's Comments
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Comment In: Party's almost over for GameStop's used games business [News - 05/28/2013 - 01:18]
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Joe, thanks for the kind ... Joe, thanks for the kind comments. You are, of course, right that GameStop is not the only retailer taking in trades and giving out credit, but they are the one for which we have the clearest data. r n r nThe 1 billion figure has been cited by GS execs ... |
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Comment In: Google Play game services takes on Apple's Game Center [News - 05/15/2013 - 12:23]
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Amazon has its own service ... Amazon has its own service similar to this, called Game Circle, for its own Android App Store. It 's been out for about 10 months. r n r nhttps://developer.amazon.com/sdk/gamecircle.html |
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Comment In: Nintendo's annual digital sales: $165 million [News - 04/24/2013 - 06:41]
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Thanks, Christian. I had the ... Thanks, Christian. I had the update ready about 2 hours before you posted, but I don 't post things like that myself. It looks like the editors added it when the next shift came on. r n r nThe rate in October through March as 8 . If the more ... |
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Comment In: Amid challenges, U.S. video game retail trudges ahead [News - 04/22/2013 - 01:01]
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Pachter has access to the ... Pachter has access to the full retail numbers, and Nintendo isn 't talking about retail enough to make a comparison. It 's one source, and you can take it for what you want, I suppose. r n r nAs for the digital figures that Fils-Aime gave, those are interesting, but ... |
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Comment In: At 57K sold, Wii U's January performance is historically abysmal [News - 02/15/2013 - 12:49]
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Because the months have different ... Because the months have different numbers of weeks, the only way to look at comparable figures is on a weekly average basis for any given month. r n r nFor example, November 2000 for the PS2 figure is a four-week retail month. However, the Wii U figure is January 2007, ... |
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Comment In: U.S. retail software in 2012: What you need to know [News - 01/22/2013 - 12:59]
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Christian: The double punch of ... Christian: The double punch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl March '08 and Mario Kart Wii April '08 was pretty notable on Wii hardware sales. Although it doesn 't prove causation, of course, but I 'm not inclined to argue that they weren 't motivators for Wii hardware sales. r n ... |
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