Distribution Model Archive

  • OnLive strikes deal with BT in the UK, brings streaming video game service across the pond

    OnLive strikes deal with BT in the UK, brings streaming video game service across the pond

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    OnLive, the streaming video game service that threatens to change the way people perceive gaming, has signed a deal with with British Telecommunications. The deal means that Britons will be able to play games like Mass Effect 2 and Assassin's Creed II over their broadband connection (and it also means that BT will buy a small stake in the company). No UK launch date has been announced. The U.S. launch is still on schedule for June 17.

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  • Peter Moore: Yeah, disc-based games will go the way of the [insert extinct animal here]

    Peter Moore: Yeah, disc-based games will go the way of the [insert extinct animal here]

    Posted on October 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Looks like EA finally understands what we've been talking about for a while now: that, in just a few year's time, we'll look back at disc-based media (here, video games) and be all, “Man, how quaint.” Peter Moore, who's the president of EA Sports (no minor position, that), called the disc-based distribution model a “burning platform,” and that companies are either staring in the face of “probable” death or “certain” death, depending on how they want to go about things.

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  • What “on-demand” media really means and why your cable company should be scared

    What “on-demand” media really means and why your cable company should be scared

    Posted on October 17, 2009 | No Comments
    I’ve been angling to get rid of my TiVo and cable for some time now and I believe I’ve finally figured out a solution that works best for me. It involves a lots scripting, Sabnzbd, and HandbrakeCLI and I’ll tell you what I ultimately did next week once it’s stable but it seems to be [...]

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  • Gameloft has sold 6 million games through Apple’s App Store

    Gameloft has sold 6 million games through Apple’s App Store

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Earlier today, Paris-based downloadable video game studio, Gameloft, announced that it has sold over 6 million games through Apple’s App Store. Considering that the App store is less than 14 months old, 6 million sales isn’t too shabby. In fact, compared to current state of the Android Market, it’s downright amazing. “From the distribution model to [...]

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