According to BBC, an average PS3 game costs nearly $15 million to make - and that's before any marketing is done for the game. Not only is this bad news for gamers, as it almost ensures our store shelves will be stocked with sequel after buyer-recognizable sequel, but it's also bad for developers, who could go belly up after one unsuccessful title.To ensure that they are viable the developers must use advertisements to generate revenues. When effectively done the developers might earn because of advertisements, as pirated copies will also be counted in their data.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Next-Gen Game Costs: A Burden on Development
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Why Digg should ditch MSN and use Adsense
We all love digg. It keeps us updated about the latest happenings. But the advertisement on the Digg are painfully irrelevant.I clicked on this sony ad and I was taken to the page only to realise that it is for US residents. I don't understand why such ads are displayed in other countries.It is irritating to view such ads. On the other hand Adsense would generate the perfect ads.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
New year resolution of netizens to please GOOGLE
10- I will not sell or buy links
09- I will not be involved with any link farm
08- I will not use yahoo or MSN
07- I will not click on my own Adsense ads
06- I will try and increase my pagerank honestly
05- I will not commit the sin of Adwords arbitrage
04- I will not spam
03- I will only create quality content as defined by Google
02- I will not create any innovative portal otherwise Google might rival it. (eg.wikipedia & knol)
01- I will ,if I create such a portal, sell it to Google. (eg.youtube,doubleclick)
00- I will digg this !!!!!!!!!!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Paris Hilton is the most dugged celebrity
Whether you like or whether you don't you simply cannot ignore her. Be it on TV or in newspaper or on the internet she has the power to attract audience. On digg, she has become the most dugged celebrity of 2007 and with 4 days to go. She has approximately 2500+ front page stories at least.
So please don't disappoint her and digg this story.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Is Pakistan getting what it deserves?
It is no secret that Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism from 1947. It was mainly targeted at India and other neighbouring countries. Now they are getting a taste of their own medicine. Bhutto's death is a very good example.