Next Generation Consoles

Source: www.screendigest.com
Topic: Playstation 3

Short Desciption:
capabilities of the new consoles this. applies in particular to Xbox 360 and. PlayStation 3. PS3 games are expected. to cost an average $20m to develop ...

 

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Next Generation ConsolesPage 1Next Generation ConsolesscreendigestGames publishing hardware analysis and forecasts to 2010Page 2screendigestNext Generation Games ConsolesCompetitive reviewpublisher benchmarking and global market forecastPage 3Next Generation Games Consoles2Next Generation Games Consoles:Competitive review publisher benchmarking and global market forecastPublished January 2007 byScreen Digest LimitedAuthor Ed BartonEditors Ben KeenLayout Tom HumberstoneAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher nor be otherwise circulated in any form of cover or binding other than that in which is it published and without a similar condition (including this condition) being imposed on the subsequent publisher.Copyright Screen Digest 2007Printed by Screen Digest (A)Screen Digest LimitedLymehouse Studios30/31 Lyme StreetLondon NW1 0EEtelephone +44/20 7424 2820fax +44/20 7424 2838email sales@screendigest.comscreendigestPage 43www.screendigest.comTable of contents 3Tables and charts 5Management summary 7Introduction 92.1. Fundamentals of console cycles 92.2. Firstparty publishers and thirdparty publishers 11Next gen console hardware 13Raising the bar the impact on game production costs 154.1. Why does the cost of making gameskeep rising? 154.2. Cost mitigation strategies 164.3. Raising barriers to entry and level ofrisk for publishers 16Next gen publishing break even analysis 195.1. Introduction 195.2. Break even analysis I: Single platform 195.3. Break even analysis II: Multiplatform 23Publisher strategies for thenextgeneration 25Exploiting online business models 277.1. Key features of next generationconsole online services 277.2. PlayStation Network Platform 287.3. Microsoft Xbox Live 28Microsoft XBL nongaming contentstrategy 297.4. Nintendo Virtual Console 30Next generation software analysis 318.1. Introduction 318 ...