Next
Generation reports that the ABI Research firm believes, via conducted study, that game downloads will grow to $3.8
billion on consoles by 2011. The piece cites that while Xbox Live already has content available via download through
Marketplace, it's the PS3 and Nintendo that will come out on top in the online battle for your hard-earned simolians.
The firm seems to believe that this is largely due to Nintendo and Sony's free multiplayer gaming, which would leave
the user with extra cash to drop on premium content via each respective service.With the recent inclusion of Sega and TG games for the Revolution's Virtual Console, there'll be a lot of premium content available for download. While this study fails to mention how these numbers were reached, Nintendo will undoubtedly have a much more robust service to offer than its competitors.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-04-2006 @ 11:55PM
TME said...
I hate these analysts that think they can see 5 years into the future. Anything can happen in that space of time.
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4-05-2006 @ 11:56AM
Charge said...
Agreed with TME. How they can suggest this? I don't know what will happen tomorrow and they are talking about 2011...
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4-11-2006 @ 10:59AM
Bizam! said...
Firstly, this is what analysts are paid to do, forecast what they think will happen in the years to come. Their job is to do research on these topics, as a result they have a pretty good idea as to what may happen a few years down the line. Are they always right?, no, but they are giving their best educated opinion.
Secondly, Nintendo is primed for a bit of a comeback here. As ABI said, the free multiplayer will help leave some spare change for people to DL online content, not to mention the incredible archive of classic masterpieces that Nintendo has and will be offering up for download to the Revolution.
Overall, I think that this prediction will be pretty accurate.
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