The next generation of console hardware will probably be the last.
Fredrik Wester (CEO of Paradox Interactive) on the future of gaming.

Gran Turismo 5 Sells 7.3 Million Worldwide

Polyphony Digital have issued some new figures today, illustrating how Gran Turismo 5 has sold 7.3 million copies worldwide. A large proportion of these coming from Europe. 

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There is no reason why we should not be able to build a company of that size.
Peter Vesterbacka (Rovio Marketing Chief) on the company’s size in comparison to Disney
The packaged goods business, while still flourishing and strong, eventually – as we’ve seen in music and movies – will go to the cloud.
Peter Moore of EA Games in an interview with IndustryGamers, discussing the eventual leap to digital only distribution.

Xbox 360’s Thanksgiving Success Story

Despite the bad news coming out of Japan regarding the Xbox 360’s Kinect camera’s sales, Microsoft are sure to be more than thankful after this year’s Thanksgiving week.

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Kinect’s Japanese Sales Revealed

Its certainly not an understatement when analysts declare the Xbox 360 to have failed in the Japanese market. Lets take a look at how the camera peripheral, Kinect, did in the region as Famitsu provides the figures.

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While Xbox 360 is very popular internationally, it’s not as popular in Japan at the moment. I think things can change if there are more exclusive titles from Cave and other developers for the system.
Makoto Asada (Developer at Cave) talking to Siliconera on the Xbox 360’s state in Japan.

Nikkei: Nintendo to Post Massive Loss Q1/2 2011

Japanese newspaper Nikkei have reported that they expect Nintendo to publish huge financial losses for the first half of 2011. They estimate the losses will be around the value of $1.32bn (£823m). 

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There’s this stranglehold that the AAA retail model has which I think is just crushing innovation and access to creative content.
Tameem Antoniades (Boss of Ninja Theory) on the problems of innovating in the gaming industry when talking to Gameindustry.biz
These are completely misleading accusations. One thing that will always be the same is that Crytek respects and values its employees very highly, and equally – that’s very important.
Anvi Yerli of Crytek in response to claims of unfair dismissal on a tumblr. page.