IGN TV? 29
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that games site IGN has retained the services of a television consultation group. The group, CAA, will consult with the site because "The unique combination of their brand within gaming, their gaming and entertainment content, and the size of their audience will create terrific opportunities in television, music, live events, and other areas."
Not Interested (Score:4, Insightful)
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Frankly I switched to gamespot complete last year. Its $29 a year, and you get absolutely no ads (not even within the site), which is quite nice really, especially since their ads regularly take up half the main page. Also, their video streaming system is nice and way more organized than IGN's, and it's easy to download 'em too. Al
IGN TV? (Score:1)
Finally... (Score:3, Informative)
Spiderman 2 took in 114 million over it's opening weekend, while Halo 2 made more than 125 million in one day!!!
In Australia, video games have now surpassed CD sales. This may be partly due to increased electronic music sales though.
With that much money involved, I'm surprised that it took the media types this long to realize that a TV channel aimed at the gaming audience is worth their while. Hey, I'm happy- I've been gaming for more than 25 years.
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Plus, when you go making wild allegations like you have, it's good to have a link to someone who agrees with you. That way you don't look so crazy pulling 'facts' out of thin air.
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I seem to recall the statistics that compare the gross of the Video Game industry to the other media biz also included sales of hardware.
In other words, not just the sale of the content, but of the consoles etc.
Can you imagine if the Movie industry included in their revenue the sale of DVD players, TV's, Tivo's etc... the comparison isn't perfectly accurate but there you have it.
Grumpy Gamer has a nice article on it, for those who want the link http://grumpygamer.com/5378171 [grumpygamer.com]
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(Although to be honest, the movie industry (except sony) doesn't get money from equipment sales do they? except a licencing fee or something. But on the flip side, there is the fact that microsoft an
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Only if you distort then numbers in some strange ways. Ron Gilbert disects the claim quite well. [grumpygamer.com] In short: The US video game industry is estimated at $10B. That includes console systems, the movie industry sales wouldn't include DVD players. DVD sales and rentals were about $16B, already topping the game industry. In both cases we're talking about rentals and sales of products (and the game industry gets a boost from sales
Do we really need (Score:2)
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IGN TV? Probably not. (Score:1)
Re:IGN TV? Probably not. (Score:1)
Rhetorical: Why is the next Xbox debuting on MTV? (Score:1)
It seems the answer is pretty simple...
Those people spend their time online... (that's right you guessed it) playing games. When they're watching TV they don't generally care to watch non-interactive media discussing their interactive media. The medium is, while not exactly flawed, inadequate to transmit the content that this demo finds appealing.
Thus... they're most likely watching
Re:Rhetorical: Why is the next Xbox debuting on MT (Score:2)
Oh please oh please oh please... (Score:2)
However, regardless of how much IGN may suck, G4 sucks even more. I would gladly like to see IGN make their own TV channel, if only to make Comcast take one in the balls and see G4 go into ruins. Even if the IGN ch
McIGN (Score:1, Funny)
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I can't stand going on IGN anymore because...
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I wonder how long its going to take.... (Score:1)
they are teaming up with g4 for e3 (Score:1)
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Obligatory penny arcade reference. (Score:2)
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When will IGE get a television show (Score:2)
Better than nothing (Score:1)