Analysis articles on the games and Internet industries
My main analysis of the games industry can now be found at Gamesbrief, a blog dedicated to the business of games.I have been a regular contributor both as writer and commentator to print and online publications analysing the latest trends in the games and Internet industries. A selection of articles are highlighted here.
Is Apple about to become the dominant mobile games publisher?
Pocketgamer.biz, March 3, 2009As the App Store struggles under the weight of new games published every day, is the gloss coming off the iPhone?
And if so, will Apple respond by becoming the gatekeeper of AppStore - in effect, the most powerful publisher in mobile gaming?
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Why the iPhone is changing the games market
Casualgaming.biz, February 25, 2009The iPhone is changing the games market. But which one? Read more
How the music industry got it wrong
MCV, 24th April, 2008The games industry is in the happy position of being able to learn from the mistakes (and there have been many) that the music industry has made.
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What
now for SCi?
MCV Online, February 21, 2008
The future of Britsoft's best-known publisher has been hanging in the balance for months - here Nicholas Lovell outlines five ways the firm can turn it around.
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MCV Online, February 21, 2008
The future of Britsoft's best-known publisher has been hanging in the balance for months - here Nicholas Lovell outlines five ways the firm can turn it around.
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What
went wrong at SCi? Part 1
MCV Online, January 22, 2008
Since emerging triumphant in a bitter takeover battle for Eidos, SCi seemed on the ascendant. Industry analyst Nicholas Lovell looks at SCi's rocky ride over the past three years.
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MCV Online, January 22, 2008
Since emerging triumphant in a bitter takeover battle for Eidos, SCi seemed on the ascendant. Industry analyst Nicholas Lovell looks at SCi's rocky ride over the past three years.
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ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: EA to swoop for NCsoft?
MCV Online, 5th December, 2007
Activision/Vivendi deal could prompt further moves, says analyst
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MCV Online, 5th December, 2007
Activision/Vivendi deal could prompt further moves, says analyst
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Web communities - the missed opportunity for game developers
Develop, 1st July, 2007The changes being wrought by the Internet are radical and far-reaching. Your consumers are changing the way they expect to interact with each other, with entertainment and with brands. Developers who fail to embrace these changes are certainly missing a trick and possibly sowing the seeds of their own destruction.
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