a more "social" community, steam greenlight and big picture are all steps towards their goal. combine that with the hardware stuff thats going on at valve and you know there is something big going to happen. the big heads of valve know exactly what they are doing.. there's some very smart people over at valve that know what gamers want, know where the opportunities are and how to execute them well.. can anyone tell me something they did that failed? i cant.. hit the market with the right stuff at the right time, thats valve.
so the Lemnos island is going to be in the game and the persons arrested are a creative director and an environment designer.. sure, i believe you when you say they were just on holidays.. and Activision isn't going to make another Call of Duty next year either
I'm calling bullshit. Everyone knows that The Pirate Bay is evil, piracy is the downfall of the music/movie/game industry, and anyone who deals with pirates smells of rum and has crabs.
7 out of 10 highest grossing movies have been from the last 3 years
annual movie ticket sales have been pretty steady in the past 10 years at around 1.3-1.4 billion.. the peak in 2002 was 1.58 billion and in 2012 it has been 1.4 billion so far
since 1995 the revenue has doubled from 5.2 billion to 10.9 billion in 2012, going up pretty much each year
in the past 10 years video game revenue has gone from 20 billion to 65 billion
in the last 2 years video game sales have dropped about 6%, but dont forget these numbers dont include digital sales and digital sales have done nothing but go up in the past years
dont believe everything they say m8.. when they say sales are down its not (just) because of piracy.. its because they have made poor choices, are releasing unfinished products, have to deal with hardware that's at the end of its game, release sequel after sequel after sequel and god knows how many other reasons.. When a publisher says 'game sales are down' he actually means "we aimed to make 100 million in profit but only got 90 million, not what we expected, but i can keep driving my Porsche"
piracy is a thing.. but not as big of a thing as these companies are making you believe.
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