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EA pins future on digital subscriptions, microtransactions, News from GamePro - 0 views

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  • extend the life of "packaged goods" l
  • Madden NFL 10, you can manage your teams on your iPhone with a companion App.
  • category [where EA competes with Nike and Adidas.]" Mo
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  • EA might not be able to implement a subscription- or microtransaction-based service the way it plans to with the Madden franchise on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Alex Street

Why Playfish Sold Itself to EA - Digits - WSJ - 0 views

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  • $300 million acquisition
  • apid maturing over the next 12 to 24 months
  • 15-20X EBIT multiple that EA
  • Alex Street on 19 Nov 10
     
    $300 million acquisition
Alex Street

Six reasons why $250 million for Playfish is a steal - Games Brief - 0 views

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  • O of EA, has recently argued that social gaming is as over-hyped as mobile was a few years ago (shortly before EA acquired Jamdat Mobile for $680 million in 2005, I
  • Valuing businesses based on multiples of unique users is dangerous
  • ook for evidence that the target market is big and growi
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  • 50 million monthly unique users.
  • Nicholas Lovell
Alex Street

FT.com / Management - Apple takes a second bite at TV - 0 views

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  • y 8Gb of storage, c
  • 160Gb in the previous version
  • streaming media player
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  • jostles with games consoles, laptops that can wirelessly transmit what is on their screen to the TV, and similar media players f
  • $99 price tag marks a recognition of the stiff competition
  • istances it from the Mac Mini, a small-box computer that some Apple fans saw as a better value
  • enabled home-sharing in iTunes on my PC to share its content with Apple TV.
  • Netflix streaming film service, YouTube, Flickr
  • Being able to access a computer on a home network means anything stored in iTunes can be played or watched on the big screen
  • Many set-top boxes and Blu-ray players in the US offer Netflix
  • losest competitor to Apple TV in functionality is Roku’s box.
  • Roku may lack YouTube but it has more than 85 “channels” of internet content, including Netflix, Amazon’s video-on-demand service, Pandora internet radio, the MOG music streaming service,
  • Apple TV’s narrower content is its biggest weakness.
  • s synergies with other Apple devices –
  • Remote app allows control with touch gestures on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
  • ame kind of apps as an iPhone or iPad in the future
Alex Street

Madden 11 Boosts to Be Purchasable | GoMadden - 0 views

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  • boosts for Madden 11′s online co-op will not simply be earnable through quality performance, but they will also be purchasable t
  • Earned and Purchased Boost will have an affect in ALL Online Team Play game
Nick Verkroost

Zynga Revenue Estimated At $50M Per Month | EngageDigital - 0 views

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  • May 14, 2010
  • Zynga's current monthly revenue has been estimated at $50 million per month
  • Zynga's margins at 30%
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  • Zynga single-handedly makes up about 44% of the market for social gaming
  • next nearest competitors in Carpenter's analysis, EA and RockYou
  • April 2010 MAU of 269 million monthly actives
  • Zynga to make millions off of the %1 to 2% of its users that are willing to buy items
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