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Category Archives: Video Games
Nintendo 3DS: On Life Anew
We’ve covered Nintendo’s latest handheld with great interest here because the fate of the 3DS has many implications in the marketplace, and not just for gaming. As a consumer electronics product that has both a high quality 3D feature-set and affordability relative to other 3D options, the 3DS is an interesting case study for home [...]
Also posted in 3D, Business, mobile
Tagged 3D Report, DS, incharts, Mario, Mario Kart, new media measure, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Ocarina, Playstation Vita, Sony, Super Smash Bros, Wii, Zelda
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Online Gaming and the FPS
In the last two decades, the first-person shooter has been a bread and butter release for publishers and gamers alike. Every gamer has fond memories of hours spent blasting bad guys through the hero’s eyes. For publishers, these games have shown enormous capability to drive big-time sales. In the mid-to-latter half of the 90′s, the [...]
Also posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 3, Black Ops, Call of Duty, Counterstrike, Doom, Duke Nukem, FPS, Global Offensive, Goldeneye, Half-Life, Halo, Halo 3, Halo 4, Modern Warfare, online gaming, Video games
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Interpret Announces inchartsdata.com
We’re very excited to announce inchartsdata.com, our online store for new media data, reports and trends. Read our press release here or better yet, visit the store here and see why we’re excited. If you’re looking for any particular data, hit us up in the comments or email sales@interpretllc.com.
Also posted in Business, Digital Media, mobile, Social Media, Traditional Media
Tagged casual games, Data, Digital Media, graphs, incharts, mobile, movies, music, Netflix, Social Media, Video games
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Digital Gaming Downloads-Who’s in the Lead?
Given the recent dust up over Battlefield 3 being limited exclusively to EA’s own Origin download and distribution service, I felt we should take a quick look at the rise of the digital download market. As an industry, digital game distribution has grown 17% in the last year according to our New Media Measure data. [...]
Also posted in Digital Media
Tagged digital downloads, EA, Electronic Arts, games, new media measure, Popcap, Steam, Valve, Video games
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The Nintendo 3DS: An Early Warning of Things to Come?
In February of 2011 Interpret LLC released the Interpretations Report “Nintendo 3DS: Fighting for Pocket Share,” in which it was suggested that Nintendo will be challenged by the rise of mobile gaming on phones and tablets alike. Months later, Nintendo acknowledged the shortcomings of its device by reporting an operating loss and re-pricing the 3DS. [...]
3D Gaming Driving Wider 3D Interest
Eighteen months after Avatar was released and opened a tidal wave of 3D upselling, the entertainment industry is still looking for ways to innovate and sell the average consumer on 3D technology, especially in the home. Beyond home movies and televisions, gaming is the newest frontier for entertainment companies to push 3D, and it just may [...]
Also posted in 3D, Business, Digital Media, Uncategorized
Tagged 3D, 3D gaming, 3D TV, Avatar, microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
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Do we really know how 3D works?
3D technology is blossoming everywhere—most big budget movies are being released in 3D, 3D televisions are making a push to become a part of our living rooms, and Nintendo brought us the 3D glasses-free handheld gaming experience. It seems like in every tech corner, there’s a new development to integrate 3D and make it even [...]
PlayStation 3D Monitor Re-invents “Split Screen”
Easily the most impressive announcement at E3 2011 came from Sony with the reveal of a PlayStation branded 3DTV. While the TV is only 24 inches, and the 3D graphics are on par with what is currently available, there is something completely different that makes this monitor impressive – the 3D display allows for a [...]
Tagged 3D, 3D glasses, 3DTV, Playstation 3, Sony, Sony PS3
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Nintendo E3 Roundup
E3 “Console reveal” years are always an important launching point for gaming devices where the public gets their first chance to meet and interact with new consoles. Nintendo’s new console was the biggest highlight marking the first leap into eighth-gen consoles. Nintendo certainly had fans on edge for the big moment and they delivered an [...]
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Tagged 3DS, Battlefield 3, E3, EA, gimmicks, Mario, Nintendo, tablet-esque, Wii, Wii 2, WiiU, Zelda
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Nintendo 3DS-Games or Bust
In order to prepare for E3, which opens next week here in LA, we turned the focus of our weekly data point to the recently released Nintendo 3DS. The handheld gaming device was released in North America in late March to much hype and fanfare. Nintendo has always been the home run hitter in the [...]
Tagged 3DS, bad puns, E3, Handheld Gaming, Mario, Nintendo, Nintendogs, Ocarina of Time, Video games, wizard
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