Japanese Gamers Want Quality, Don’t Care About Price

“A survey of 3,422 Japanese gamers showed that they care more about a console’s game library than its price, while the cheaper Nintendo platforms come out on top in ownership.”

Isn’t that a contradiction?

Via Next-Gen

Game Sales Reach $18 Billion

“The US games industry rose an astounding 43 percent in 2007 bolstered by strong performance in every product category,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “While hardware sales realized the greatest percentage growth over 2006 due to the closely scrutinized console hardware transition, each category under the video games industry umbrella reached their own personal bests in terms of annual sales.”

Via Gamespot

Lara Croft To Be Bought By Luxury Soap Maker

Charles Denton, the former chief executive of luxury soap maker Molton Brown, is building a stake in troubled computer games group SCi Entertainment with a view to pushing for management change or even considering a takeover bid.

SCi, which produces the popular Lara Croft games, saw its shares halve in value last week after revealing that takeover talks had collapsed and indicating that it was running out of cash.

SCi management has come under fire for performing so badly despite booming sales of games consoles such as the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3.

A source said Mr Denton believes that SCi is undervalued and, while he is keen to keep his options open, he might try to secure a seat on the SCi board and restructure the company.

Via Telegraph 

Winner, The Playstation 3 With Wiimote Hong Kong Ripoff Game Machine

Screw the Wii, Winner is probably the best game machine name ever. It’s one of three new products from a company known as Ingles. We’ll certainly have more as it breaks but for now have a gander at that awe inspiring picture above.

Via Yahoo Hong Kong