Comments on: It’s A Democratic Gaming Landscape, Bitches

By: Sideath

Sideath — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:52:52 +0000

I’m curious to see how long they actually interviewed Ross for – I mean, he only gets a few seconds on screen. The BBC interviewed me once for around half an hour, to cut it down to about ten seconds Â¬_Â¬.

By: CloakRaider

CloakRaider — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:55:51 +0000

Good to see they are actually bothering to get opinions from experts on the subject, rather than spouting off about it.

By: Marten

Marten — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:51:50 +0000

Thanks Ross, thanks for keeping me up for an extra hour. After seeing this at 2AM I had to get up, run downstairs and report to friends.

Thanks a bunch.

Oh, and grats :)

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:20:30 +0000

The problem is that these stupid “bigger than the film industry” statistics only ever seem to take into account US box office receipts. As soon as you add in worldwide gross, then DVD sales, the licensing, then merchandising, then television rights, gaming is a meaningless blip in comparison.

By: The_B

The_B — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:41:48 +0000

And it's on t'iPlayer, if like me you are adverse to the plugin needed mini window thing. And yeah, I agree with the price thing, I mean, a game can cost nearly five times as much as a cinema ticket, surely that already effects the figures considerably?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:24:31 +0000

Huh. Ross is balder then I remember. Does he still own Sussex?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:37 +0000

Haha, rather funny, interviewing the editor of PC Gamer…sigh.

I know Games Journalism isn’t top notch (just look at all the 10/10 GTA4 reviews ;) ), but I must admit, the mainstream press have really not got the grasp of games yet. At least they are vaguely trying.

Also, odd how there is some censorship in the news broadcast. If it isn’t working too, you might want to try downloading the ASX file and loading it in windows media player (or possibly VLC).

By: SenatorPalpatine

SenatorPalpatine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:55:38 +0000

Hmm, the clip doesn’t want to work for me.

By: Seniath

Seniath — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:16:50 +0000

Games on TV… I don’t think my brain will ever get used to it :s.