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I agree with "eric5544". The $30 million is wrong. I've always thought free-to-play MMOs survived off 2-5% of the gamers actually spending money. I have no idea what % of Heroes players are "buyers".

You can look at 1943 (360 & PS3, with PC coming soon), and do some easy math.
600,000 as of July 23. Probably going to reach $1+ million x $15 = $15 million.

That is EA's prediction for next year (FY09 Q1). We all know how accurate predictions are.

This is the actuals from last quarter, a much different picture.

Q1 FY08

PLAYSTATION 3 3%
Xbox 360 12%
PlayStation 2 16%
Wii 7%
Xbox 1%
Total Consoles 39%

PC 23%

PSP 5%
Wireless 8%
Nintendo DS 6%
Game Boy Advance 1%
Total Mobility 20%

I don't have a GameSpot account, but if I did I would cancel it.
:)

Why am I so into casual games. I play more Live Arcade than $60 games on the 360. Now I'm more excited about Sony mini-games (don't know what to call them), than any of their launch titles.

I guess I'm nostalgic for the classic game play.

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The Playstation brand could be in trouble, I was a PS fanboy, but ended up buying a 360 (thanks in part to negative blogging).

What % of Sony is Playstation?
The overall "Sony" brand appears to still be very strong.

Sony Gets "A+" in Brand Trust Survey, Nintendo gets "B" and Microsoft "C" (Forrester Research)
http://www.gamers.com/index.php?run=news&news_id=5741

Aren't they still very strong in these areas?
- VAIO
- TVs (although they are late to the HD area)
- Digital Still Cameras
- Digital Video Cameras
- a few others

How many Sony products do you have in your house? I would say the average home has more than 1.

They have shown in game footage. They were showing it at E3. The problem is that it looks damn good, and that is why most people assume it CGs.

I did an audio interview with Al Lowe at E3 about Sam Suede. He's a great guy! The interview is nothing spectacular, but I guess it was the first interview for the Sam game.

http://www.gamezone.com/audiofile.htm

Wow, PSM's website is a bit outdated. Since the issue they feature is "Playstation 3 Uncovered" it took me a few seconds to realize that this is an issue from last fall.

http://www.psmonline.com/