http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/ Phil Steinmeyer's rumblings on the game biz, programming, and life Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-1065 PhilSteinmeyer.com » Blog Archive » U.S. Casual Gaming - only $52 million? Wed, 24 May 2006 22:41:45 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-1065 [...] But they also estimate 2005 sales at casual gaming sites (Pogo, Real, etc) at only $52 million in 2005. That seems VERY low to me. I had done a seat of the pants estimate of the biz at about $200 million a few months ago. That was based heavily on Real’s publicly reported stats, and some extrapolation from that to the whole industry. [...] [...] But they also estimate 2005 sales at casual gaming sites (Pogo, Real, etc) at only $52 million in 2005. That seems VERY low to me. I had done a seat of the pants estimate of the biz at about $200 million a few months ago. That was based heavily on Real’s publicly reported stats, and some extrapolation from that to the whole industry. [...]

]]> http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-241 Make It Big In Games » Blog Archive » How Much Money Can Indie Games Make, Part I Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:34:59 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-241 [...] Let’s start at the top, since that is the easiest place to find data. Go to Game Sales Charts to find out actual sales data from Real Arcade, one of the largest on-line game sales portals. (another good thing about Real is that they are a public company, so they frequently give actual sales numbers for the entire portal, so you can make assumptions about the total size of the casual game market. Phil Steinmeyer has recently taken a good shot at doing just this, check it out). [...] [...] Let’s start at the top, since that is the easiest place to find data. Go to Game Sales Charts to find out actual sales data from Real Arcade, one of the largest on-line game sales portals. (another good thing about Real is that they are a public company, so they frequently give actual sales numbers for the entire portal, so you can make assumptions about the total size of the casual game market. Phil Steinmeyer has recently taken a good shot at doing just this, check it out). [...]

]]> http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-129 Game Tycoon»Blog Archive » Articles of Interest Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:02:45 +0000 http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/50/top-10-top-9/#comment-129 [...] Guesstimate: downloadable PC games generate ~$200M annually. [...] [...] Guesstimate: downloadable PC games generate ~$200M annually. [...]

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