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Current Trends of the Video Game Industry

Monday, April 21st, 2008 – running time 04:08
Dan, Jeff, and Alex discuss the video game industry and current trends today. (Totally Rad Show)

Watch the rest of Episode 56 Here.

Highlights
video game ( 2:37, 2:37 ) box office ( 2:26, 2:35, 2:26, 2:35 ) Halo 3 ( 2:40, 2:40 ) Mario party ( 3:24, 3:24 ) video game ( 2:37, 2:37 ) box office ( 2:26, 2:35, 2:26, 2:35 ) Halo 3 ( 2:40, 2:40 ) Mario party ( 3:24, 3:24 )

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" That is who telling you --"

" It's all about. The -- is making -- making a splash. And games not getting the you know the kind of pushed they would if they don't make that's flash the first week -- more and more of the hole and Katie phenomenon."

" Of knowing what you know I'll probably. Devices."

" Tonight that it's the I don't know its sensor data the last word but its national public that she's not if it's kind of project has the numbers how much this has sold. Those odors product. If they Doug grow where drugs that the grosses -- like moving your -- now we know budgets react the same thing -- I didn't movie yeah. Is pregnant in this in the same sense -- a lot of these games."

" Who would better better but I didn't I didn't I didn't and they come out and they -- not as much is expected to mirror kind of being considered plus crisis for example."

" It and uninteresting things you and we just we can talk maybe a little bit about PC versus consul stuff."

" Yeah and pricing you know like is sixty dollars it's seems to me that the -- market."

" Is isn't going a little bit more toward a lot of people caught casual but. Maybe it's more toward budget. Titles or stuff that you can play during through your browser or stuff that. Downloadable stuff or things that you know our 20s30 dollars and I get my PC rather than the sixty dollar."

" And isn't England downloadable Xbox and."

" It's like -- yeah I probably didn't do -- because he did to my exceptions. South because so many issues I just figured something mean. I'm -- is I have yeah. I had bunnies like I'm and nothing. Some of the genre environments and yeah I magazine and I know this they are saying yeah. Any or all that's amazing college who didn't -- at the British the British don't -- you right -- and just think it doesn't always I had. Arm for the deal and I'm not -- when I was going to send. And that even relatively -- editor else out there really are trailer an odd minute. Yeah not weirdest weirdest. He's a -- iron man in the meantime and I I don't know that's actually in any good movie but the thing with movies is that. You can -- her eyes and drug Iran again I don't feel like. Good marketing equals great box office young you have a good movie to be in good movie. Which is I think easily -- yeah then it it's to make good box office and -- easy video game. Usually like Halo 3 you know like losing money might not like it but it's not bad dean. It's really mean a very well ladies and his slash teens is they're not changing. It's now within a reasonable way bomb you know well in the right -- crisis no editing -- flop it's crisis that's crime has even. In the battle about whether or not a floppy in the desert down yet and -- that you just did the does not -- those who you can and cannot help I don't. -- I don't credibility and I -- yeah. And gave me money if they're good and -- money they're bad announcing movies make money you know bad -- because I did -- bad that you might think it's good games are like in general are good interview sort of more general consensus yeah but I mean -- general for example."

" All we know Mario party on the Wii is widely considered to be sub par."

" I don't played its I don't know firsthand but you can basically -- all other viewers that is pretty terrible it's consistently one of the top selling game."

" Isn't what people want on the Wii is just how hard it offers now."

" His account for me is that the profoundly found it doesn't makes a lot of money because its brawny analogy is talking art house. Yeah I'm gonna hit more homers and I meant was now underground coherent discussion about. I had and I don't need it."

" That is who telling you --"

" It's all about. The -- is making -- making a splash. And games not getting the you know the kind of pushed they would if they don't make that's flash the first week -- more and more of the hole and Katie phenomenon."

" Of knowing what you know I'll probably. Devices."

" Tonight that it's the I don't know its sensor data the last word but its national public that she's not if it's kind of project has the numbers how much this has sold. Those odors product. If they Doug grow where drugs that the grosses -- like moving your -- now we know budgets react the same thing -- I didn't movie yeah. Is pregnant in this in the same sense -- a lot of these games."

" Who would better better but I didn't I didn't I didn't and they come out and they -- not as much is expected to mirror kind of being considered plus crisis for example."

" It and uninteresting things you and we just we can talk maybe a little bit about PC versus consul stuff."

" Yeah and pricing you know like is sixty dollars it's seems to me that the -- market."

" Is isn't going a little bit more toward a lot of people caught casual but. Maybe it's more toward budget. Titles or stuff that you can play during through your browser or stuff that. Downloadable stuff or things that you know our 20s30 dollars and I get my PC rather than the sixty dollar."

" And isn't England downloadable Xbox and."

" It's like -- yeah I probably didn't do -- because he did to my exceptions. South because so many issues I just figured something mean. I'm -- is I have yeah. I had bunnies like I'm and nothing. Some of the genre environments and yeah I magazine and I know this they are saying yeah. Any or all that's amazing college who didn't -- at the British the British don't -- you right -- and just think it doesn't always I had. Arm for the deal and I'm not -- when I was going to send. And that even relatively -- editor else out there really are trailer an odd minute. Yeah not weirdest weirdest. He's a -- iron man in the meantime and I I don't know that's actually in any good movie but the thing with movies is that. You can -- her eyes and drug Iran again I don't feel like. Good marketing equals great box office young you have a good movie to be in good movie. Which is I think easily -- yeah then it it's to make good box office and -- easy video game. Usually like Halo 3 you know like losing money might not like it but it's not bad dean. It's really mean a very well ladies and his slash teens is they're not changing. It's now within a reasonable way bomb you know well in the right -- crisis no editing -- flop it's crisis that's crime has even. In the battle about whether or not a floppy in the desert down yet and -- that you just did the does not -- those who you can and cannot help I don't. -- I don't credibility and I -- yeah. And gave me money if they're good and -- money they're bad announcing movies make money you know bad -- because I did -- bad that you might think it's good games are like in general are good interview sort of more general consensus yeah but I mean -- general for example."

" All we know Mario party on the Wii is widely considered to be sub par."

" I don't played its I don't know firsthand but you can basically -- all other viewers that is pretty terrible it's consistently one of the top selling game."

" Isn't what people want on the Wii is just how hard it offers now."

" His account for me is that the profoundly found it doesn't makes a lot of money because its brawny analogy is talking art house. Yeah I'm gonna hit more homers and I meant was now underground coherent discussion about. I had and I don't need it."