Why are the platform holders (Sony, Microsoft, Apple, Nintendo) so coy about releasing hard numbers about units sold for their platforms? We are working in the great unknown here. Developers and publishers are trying to make investment...

A recent survey by commissioned by PlaySpan and reported by GigaOm says that 12% of Americans have spent real-world money on virtual goods in the last 12 months. There are some interesting takeaways: The biggest categories of...

One swallow does not make a summer, but with NPD data showing continued weakness in retail sales and ComScore reporting a strong rise in web gamers, are we moving to the end of the boxed game? 87...

Earlier in the month, the rumour was that Zynga was making $50 million in revenue. This week, BusinessWeek reports Zynga’s revenues are nearer $100 million. All of these figures are from “people close to the company” so...

I just can’t leave the iPhone alone. TechCrunch has some interesting smartphone data points: 27% of smartphone users have never downloaded an app (iPhone owners: 3%) 71% of smartphone users have downloaded fewer than 5 apps (iPhone...

My most recent iPhone post crunched some numbers to show that the iPhone is still only a small part of the mobile gaming market, and that perhaps some of the hype is overblown. Others disagreed. Tim Harrison...

Game Group announced its preliminary results today and for the first time separated out the gross margin of its pre-owned sales. At the revenue level, roughly one in every three pounds spent on a game is spent...