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Special Glass

Posted by Jon Peddie on March 30th 2008 | Discuss
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Actually this entry should be named Special Plastic, because we don’t really use glass in our displays anymore do we? But we do specialize because one size doesn’t fit all (needs.) I have eight screens that I use. I watch TV on my 32-inch LG LCD.TV. I watch movies with either my PS3 for HD, or my Xbox360 for regular DVDs, or on my eight-foot projector screen. I watch YouTube videos, do email and other office things on my 17-inch laptop I play games on my Skulltrail PC with a Dell 30-inch display. I read books on my six-inch E-ink Kindle.…

Mobile Game Pricing

Posted by Ted Pollak on March 21st 2008 | Discuss
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If you compare software prices to the cost of developing console, PC, and mobile games, something seems to be out of whack. World of Warcraft costs about $50 million to develop and market, Call of Duty 4 – probably $20 million total, Gears of War $10 million to develop and a few more in marketing. The prices of these games range from $30 - $50 (barring subscription fees). By contrast many mobile games cost $50 - $250K to develop. So how can the mobile game industry expect people to pay $10-$20 a pop when as a percentage of development the value…