“What is exciting about this channel, however, is that downloads provide Activision Blizzard and MTV Games the opportunity to keep interest in these games current and active, thereby extending product lives and allowing the audience to broaden over time.” Although the device costs more than a Nintendo DS, and the quality of the games is generally very poor, he said the value proposition is incredible. Pachter believes that the biggest download threat to games is the iPod Touch. In addition to offering full gameplay experiences like Sony’s “Gran Turismo,” and Namco Bandai’s “Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny,” players can download “mini” games like Electronic Arts’ “Sudoku” and Subatomic Studios’ “Fieldrunners” for $5 to $9. Sony Computer Entertainment shipped its new PSPgo, which eliminates the UMD (Universal Media Disc) drive of previous PSPs in favor of digital downloads.
Nintendo, which has been at the forefront of attracting new consumers to games, has made it simple for Wii and Nintendo DSi owners to download WiiWare games like “Tetris Party” and DSiWare games like “A Little Bit of Dr. “The number of casual games available for download has grown exponentially and the number of premium downloads appears to be growing by 50 to 100 percent annually,” said Michael Pachter, videogame analyst, Wedbush Morgan Securities. Video game sales slid 14 percent in the United States in the first eight months of 2009, according to The NPD Group, as consumers downloaded more videogames on PCs, consoles and mobile devices like PSP, Nintendo DSi and iPod Touch and iPhone. A person types on a keyboard in this undated file photo.
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