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 Send to email | Some Guy: 70% Of Games Lose Money [Industry] in Industry Chris Deering New |  By Luke Plunkett
el 12-Aug-2008 |  While certain games are a license for their publishers to, yes, print money - Halo, Mario and Final Fantasy come to mind - most aren't. Most are lucky to capture your attention for a week or two before falling under the crushing tank treads of progress, as you lot clamour for the next thing, the next thing, the next thing. Indeed, so many games fall into that later category that Chris Deering - who was once boss of SCEE, but is now just some guy - says 7 out of 10 games lose money. Which in reality explains why so many developers and publishers go bust, but in my most socialist of fantasies, would be the catalyst for a gaming industry salary cap, where Nintendo would be forced to share profits with Atari and Midway for the betterment of the industry as a whole.
Gaming audience will hit 2.5bn by 2011, says Deering [Develop]
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| Some Guy: 70% Of Games Lose Money [Industry] | | While certain games are a license for their publishers to, yes, print money - Halo, Mario and Final Fantasy come to mind - most aren't. Most are lucky to capture your attention for a week or two before falling under the crushing tank treads of progress, as you lot clamour for the next thing, the next th [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Aug-2008 by Luke Plunkett in Industry Chris Deering New
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| China to Levy Real-World Tax on RMT [China] | | Figuring if you can't ban them, you might as well make money off of them, the Mainland Chinese government has instituted a real tax on real money transactions, which is a very (very) big industry in China — and one that causes concern for the government, which fears money l [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Nov-2008 by Maggie Greene in China Economy Industry Mmo Mmorpg RMT
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| Sony Throws Down G.I.R.L. Challenge To Industry [G.i.r.l.] | | SONY Online Entertainment has asked the games industry at large to contribute to the Gamers In Real Life (G.I.R.L) scholarship program, aimed at bringing more women into the industry. Speaking at the International Game Developers Association conference in San Francisco, Torrie Dor [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Nov-2008 by Stuart Houghton in g.i.r.l. Culture Industry international game developers association Soe Sony
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Rhythm games have certainly been keeping the tempo up for financial growth in the industry. GameDaily notes UBS analyst Ben Schachter's report, showing "music-themed games" have made up [..] 
