PC games

Xbox Accounted for 40 Percent of All Videogame Sales in 2011

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 5:57 pm PT

Despite sales declines bringing down the overall game industry last year, Microsoft dominated the market, with the Xbox capturing nearly half of all consumer spending from physical sales.

Zynga’s First Post-IPO Title Is a Copycat of the Most Popular Facebook Game of 2011

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4 at 9:15 am PT

It was a surprise when the top Facebook game of 2011 wasn’t a title from market-leading Zynga. But this year, the newly public company has plans to change that.

Study Says Five Percent of Mobile Gamers Are Willing to Spend More Than $50

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 25, 2011 at 2:26 pm PT

Here’s a fairly compelling argument as to why a developer should continue to give away games for free: if given the option, some consumers are willing to pay much, much more.