Stitched

How about investigating why your mulitplayer keeps dumping players, first, Dice?

I've worked in the game industry for years, in a few different countries, and offer this advice.

If you want to get rich or make a ton of money in games:

DON'T get a production job

If you want to have a good life and good money:

DO become a Producer, Executive, a CEO, or the sole owner of a profitable IP or technology with licensing potential.

You will thank me later

At the end of the day, no matter how many articles are written, , the stock price tells the real story,

Is "Plague" the game where he tried to use the "power of the internets" to get people to do work for free ?

The old Bioware adventure titles all had this system. I am surprised it took them this long to come full circle.

Shoryuken ?? Shoryu-Can't !

"This decision does not reflect at all on Ensemble's talent or the quality of Halo Wars--in fact, many people who have had a chance to test drive Halo Wars agree that it is on track to being a fantastic game."

No. Only managements inability to make money on one of the largest and highly profitable IPs in the industry.

Nice!

If they are too thin or sexualized, they complain. If they are too or caricatured, they complain.

So the only "safe" route is the weak middle ground where everything is bland and flavourless ?

Not the way to progress the medium as "art".

How so?

Remind me again, Mr. Zelnick, why GTA4 in fiscal 2008, generated over 78 percent of your annual revenue.

Oh, right, because GTA IS your primary money maker. We'll see how well the company does in the 2 year wait for GTA5. I see a predictable dip in revenue and cite fiscal 2007 as evidence of what a non-GTA year looks like on paper.

The cost of one game of Donkey Kong : 25 cents

The cost of one Donkey Kong Kong arcade cabinet : $750

The "why am I with this douchebag" look on your girlfriend's face as you rave about how great Berzerk on the Atari 2600 was : Priceless