Wanda Meloni is a market analyst with M2 Research. Before starting her own research and strategy consulting firm she was president of DFC Intelligence and worked as an analyst at Jon Peddie Research. She tracks gaming and entertainment as well as the tools, technology and development pipelines. She has been quoted in multiple publications such as the Wall Street Journal, London Times, NY Times, SF Chronicle and Computer Graphics World. She holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing and International Business and speaks several languages.
M2 Research looks at the iPad as a gaming plaform and speaks with several developers on what it means to develop for the iPad and how the lack of Flash will impact their development.
Posted by Wanda Meloni on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:17:00 EDT in
Females are entering the market and playing more games that run the gamut Their interests go from the hardcore like the FragDolls who compete professional, to WoW players, to casual and social games. M2 Research looks at the trends shifting the market.
Posted by Wanda Meloni on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:30:00 EST in
Japanese gaming industry is looking at new opportunities by moving beyond mainstream, exploring international markets and expanding into online and mobile gaming.
Posted by Wanda Meloni on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:33:00 EST in
There were definitely some highs and lows over the past year. At M2 Research, we've tried to encapsulate the major themes that emerged as well as outline some key trends we see going into 2010: global layoff/hiring trends, middleware, and ROI.
Posted by Wanda Meloni on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:17:00 EDT in
We are moving away from the paradigm paralysis that has gripped the games industry. There is growing diversity of platforms, players and models emerging that will exponentially shift the market.
Posted by Wanda Meloni on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:08:00 EDT in
My E3 coverage takes a deeper look at some of the technology working behind the scenes. A sampling of the top games shows most are still using internal engines.
Believe me, it is currently in discussed. I personally am a big proponent, however it is more complex than tracking retail sales in one territory. Any DD data collection needs to account for the configurations of spent online - full title purchases, subscriptions, microtransactions and it needs to be done ...
Thanks for the comments. It was news at the show, which was the point of the coverage. I understand the over-hype of the whole thing. My biggest point was Autodesk's rather subtle partnership through investment. They are looking for an in with the indie development crowd. We'll have to wait ...
