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According to market researcher DFC Intelligence this growth can be found in the switch from selling games in physical stores to a wide variety of distribution methods; meaning online.

While they have a lot of interesting things to say, their view of the console market was what made me really interested in the article:

At some point, however, competition will force them to introduce new machines. Nintendo had a glorious year for the Wii and handheld DS system in 2008, but it has seen sales decline since that peak. So Nintendo is more motivated to launch a new machine into the market. Nintendo introduced the 3DS earlier this year, but it has been so poorly received that Nintendo slashed the price. the Xbox 360 and the PS 3 may very well live up to their goals of lasting 10 years in the market. But if Microsoft and Sony don’t introduce new consoles in the new few years, they run the risk of turning consumers off.

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According to Nielsen the Android operating system had, in the smartphone segment (40% of mobile device market), a market share of 40%. Biggest competitors are Apple’s iOS (28%) and RIM’s Blackberry (19%). But perhaps even more important; of all innovators, 40% has a preference towards the Android OS in their next smartphone.

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Great article by Singularity Hub on Chinese entrepreneur Anshe Chung who is making a fortune by leasing, selling and renting virtual items and real estate on persistent worlds like Second Life and Entropia.

Today you can go to Azure Islands, some of the custom built and designed landscape built by Anshe Chung Studios, and get yourself your own parcel to rent starting at around L$ 821 or $3 USD per week. The really fancy plots go for as much as 13000 L$ a month (about $50), and the prices just keep going up from there[...]

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