Archive for January, 2007

PS3 to Launch in Europe in March After All

Posted by Raoul on January 29th, 2007

It turns out that contrary to our predictions, Sony will launch the PS3 in Europe in March after all. Some cynics might point to reports of PS3s sitting on shelves in North America, and low sales in Japan to explain how Sony managed to pull off the European launch in time, but that is a […]

Interview with a Former Game Developer

Posted by Raoul on January 25th, 2007

In the LostGarden article “The Joyful Life of the Lapsed Game Developer”, the author estimates (in a series of back-of-the-envelope calculations) that over 50,000 developers have left the industry in the past decade. It is no secret that our industry has a terrible retention rate, and because of this today we present a new feature […]

Carnival of Game Production Goes Live

Posted by Raoul on January 16th, 2007

Juuso at GameProducer.net has just launched the first edition of the Carnival of Game Production. The carnival is a monthly event which features a series of interesting articles related to game development and production. One of our posts has also been featured in this month’s edition. Please make sure you check out the other articles […]

A Great Time to Be an Independent Developer

Posted by Raoul on January 14th, 2007

Being an indie developer is never easy. Being a successful indie developer (ie being able to support yourself, and your team) is even harder. The web is chock-full of articles warning about the pitfalls and difficulties facing indie developers. They advise not to expect to make much money. In fact, the most common advice given […]

Sony: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Posted by Raoul on January 12th, 2007

This week saw a slew of Sony news. Good news, bad news, and just plain embarrassing news. On Tuesday, investor confidence in Sony rose sharply following Sir Howard Stringer’s comments at CES. Stringer asserted that his company was “prepared to meet its operating profit margin goal for the next fiscal year”. News that Sony had […]