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Money EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Peggle, Sonic 2, and more getting XBLA discounts 9 In the past, a good percentage of Xbox LIVE's so-called deals have been pretty crummy. But for the rest of this month, the Deal of the Week promos are surprisingly good. Don't believe it? Keep on... Valve says digital pricing can change 'without penalty' 22 Valve's Steam platform is pretty much the biggest player in digital distribution right now. They dominate the market in ways that get Randy Pitchford's underwear in knots. One of the reasons they... Get a PSPgo for $199 using a PlayStation Card 9 Similar to last year's PlayStation Card promotion for a cheap(er) PlayStation 3, Sony is offering more savings to those who use the special credit cards to buy Sony merchandise. This time, the pr... Bobby Kotick is $20 million richer 55 The "biggest launch in the history across all forms of entertainment", Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, made Activision's CEO much richer this week. Bobby Kotick sold two million Activision stock ... Huh? Deadly Premonition will be $20 at launch? SOLD! 16 For once, this isn't sarcasm. I have a weak spot for technically awful, semi-decent, usually goofy budget videogames such as, yes, Jurassic: The Hunted. Deadly Premonition, which was announced ye... EA buys Playfish for HUGE MONEY 24 A little factoid that usually cruises under "hardcore" gamers' radar is that casual games make money. Make a lot of money. So much money that casual game company execs regularly regularly take mo... Aion nearing 1 million sales, NCsoft doing well 32 It looks like Aion is doing pretty well for itself. The world of MMOs is hard to succeed in, but it seems that playing as winged beings who kick ass in a war torn world is something people want t... Modern Warfare 2 Avatar gear is, uh, hmm ... 39 I believe the word I'm trying to come up with here is "expensive." Needlessly expensive. Jim recently gave us a preview of a single premium Modern Warfare 2 Avatar outfit and already we have the ... Premium World of Warcraft pets now exist, are adorable 39 Who here hasn't daydreamed about owning a Pandaren Monk before? Really, I'm the only one? Well, screw you guys! Activision Blizzard, or as the running joke goes, Activision Blizzard is now offeri... The Rock Band 2 SE bundle for $99? Consider it done 20 From now until January 1, you can get down with your economically conscious self thanks to a deal from Harmonix. Valid at most retailers where you would normally buy videogames from, the Rock Ban... Toro gets evicted, new app to replace Mainichi Issho 29 [As originally seen on Japanator] This is the worst news I have ever had to report. For three years, SCEJ's Mainichi Issho has been a free app for the PS3, and as far as I'm concerned, one of the... This Spartan Life needs some support for next season 12 Have you checked out This Spartan Life? It's a talk show -- in Halo. It was started in 2005 and they basically do all the interviews while shooting at each other and launching rockets with massi... Nintendo's revenue and profits plummet 32 Nintendo's not had a brilliant six months, revealing today that, during the period which ended on September 30, both revenue and profit are down by a significant amount. According to the figures,... Rock Band still not profitable for Viacom 20 It's hard to argue that Rock Band isn't a really, really big success. Just recently it was revealed that the latest edition of the game, Beatles: Rock Band, sold pretty darn well in its first mon... Did Xbox 360 wireless adapters get a stealth price drop? 22 Even though the new-and-improved Xbox 360 wireless N adapter is supposedly going to cost $99.99 whenever it inevitably gets released, the standard 802.11b model available today hasn't budged in p... LEGO Rock Band export won't be as cheap as RB1 (Update) 19 As we reported earlier, owners of the PS3 or 360 versions of LEGO Rock Band will be able to export most all of the game’s forty-plus songs to their hard drives so the tracks can be played i... Recession: Industry bounces back, except Wii 28 I'm really tired of all the recession talk, so I'm glad it's under the bridge as far as the game industry goes. Analysts are saying that games are back in the black, thanks to the new PS3, Halo: ... Take a survey about Dtoid, win $100 if you're lucky 67 For some reason I could not find a single photo of Benjamin Franklin dressed like a thug in full bling. If it is all about the benjamins, why hasn't someone thought of this? Google images has fai... TGS 09: Sony sold a whole bunch of PS3 Slims in 3 weeks 31 It hasn't even been a month yet since its launch, but already Sony is talking about the success of the PlayStation 3 Slim, and believe me when I say success has been had.In the three weeks follow... This Lancer replica is as elaborate as it is expensive 24 You'd have to be either a huge Gears of War fan or have an insane amount of disposable income to be able to afford TriForce's 1:1 scale Lancer Assault Rifle. The highly impressive replica costs $... Toys 'R' Us nets you more money on trade-ins 33 I'm a hoarder. I don't trade-in, I keep forever. No matter how bad the game or how much I will never play it again, I keep it. However, the used game market is massive, so I'm pretty sure that I ... Disney snaps up Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian 12 Disney Interactive Studios is getting serious. They spent $4 billion on Marvel last week, and now they've brought Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian on-board. With Seripian comes his whole developm... Microsoft tries to justify Xbox 360 Arcade price hike 66 A few days ago, we talked about how greedy Microsoft used the Modern Warfare 2 price hike to sneak in a price raise of its own, adding an extra £20 to the cost of an Xbox 360 Arcade and pil... Sony's spending how much on a PS3 ad campaign? 33 Sony is looking to kill this Christmas. The PlayStation 3 Slim and the price cut are being backed up by an £82 million advertising campaign that kicks off in the UK tonight, and will run th... PS3 Slim and price drop news is not saving Sony's stock 22 Sony was having a pretty good couple of days, and then everyone wanted to take a dump on their party. Those money people that watch stocks like a hawk noticed that Sony's stock continues to decli... Rumor: GRIN's unreleased title a Final Fantasy game... what? 20 When the now-defunct developer GRIN closed its doors, the company's co-founders cited the cause of publishers that had "been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation... PSPgo will cost 224.99 in the UK 30 While the price of the PSPgo was announced for North America and Europe at E3, those gamers trapped in the British Isles had been left wondering with silent trepidation what the damage will be. N... Pay what you want for Championship Manager 2010 9 Yes, it is just like Radiohead, isn't it?Eidos is introducing a consumer-friendly pay scheme for Championship Manager 2010, offering players the chance to buy the game for as little as one Englis... Realtime Worlds confirms APB will have no subscription fees 15 Over on the website for Realtime World's cops 'n robbers MMO, APB, the FAQ area has some information on what players of the game won't be paying: subscription fees. I think it's great that they'r... THQ to buy Midway San Diego for $200,000, TNA not included 5 I don't tend to get interested in the "business" end of gaming -- stock prices, mergers, hostlie takeovers, etc. I don't know a lot about business or economics and I'd rather be talking... Pachter: Games on Demand prices are likely to change 32 We've talked about Microsoft's Games on Demand initiative for Xbox 360 time and time again, but hey, we aren't the only ones. Analyst Michael Pachter also has a few things to say about the digita... Analyst predicts Blizzard will move 12 million units in 2010 13 Well, surely many a Blizzard fan was sorely disappointed when we heard that Starcraft II was going to be delayed until 2010, but you know what? Blizzard is still going to be filthy stinking rich ... Kotick: I would raise game prices higher if I could 157 Modern Warfare 2 might be causing a stink in the UK thanks to its disgusting RRP of £54.99, but if you think evil publisher Activision cared, you'd be mistaken. In fact, CEO Bobby Kotick ha... Namco hoping to get rich quick from iPhone money milking 6 Namco Bandai likes money, as anybody who has witnessed its impressive dedication to saturating the DLC market can attest. Lots and lots of delicious treasure can be found on the iPhone, so it's n... Money at mouth: Videogame betting Web site BringIt.com 14 I suck so bad at videogames that I would never bet money on a match. There are plenty of people good enough, though, and if you or they would care to make a wager, BringIt.com will help you do th... How to make 1 million dollars before your balls drop 32 Hey, you! Yea, you! Do want to make money quick? Do you want women, power and fast cars? Do you want to be snorting cocaine off a hooker within the next six weeks? Well, if you're Lil' Poison, Ar... Miyamoto focuses on recession-friendly games 12 Nintendo's out to save the world, $50 at a time. You see, their goal is to create a game that the whole family can enjoy, making our recession-busted budgets stretch just a bit farther. “[W... Games need to cost more to survive says Chris Deering 77 First off I should probably tell you who Chris Deering is as you've most likely not heard of him since his name doesn't come up that often. He is the chairman of the Edinburgh Interactive Festiva... World of Warcraft shifts 8.6 million units 25 With the immense popularity of World of Warcraft, I'm surprised to even see people outside when I look out of the window. Becoming a reclusive and trendy shut-in is now quite cool, and for that B... The stupidest videogame currencies of all time 130 Money makes the world go round, and whether you're trading in gold, bottle caps, scrap or Drebin Points, nowhere embodies that phrase more than the world of videogames. Just like in real life, yo... Buy XBLA's full 'Summer of Arcade' line-up, get $10 back 19 Here's a decent deal for those planning on or even thinking of buying all five of the Xbox LIVE Arcade games from the "Summer of Arcade." If you buy 'Splosion Man, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, ... Red Faction: Guerrilla reaches one million units shipped 22 It looks like Volition's hope for a word of mouth success for Red Faction: Guerrilla worked out for the developer after all. THQ sent out its June quarter results today and the company earned som... DO WANT these Koei Visa Cards: Someone get them for me 14 They're only available in Japan, so I have no applicable use for them. Nevertheless, my wallet feels naked and empty without a hot Koei Visa card in it. Videogame-themed credit cards seem to be q... How to make 1 million dollars in 6 weeks 19 Hey, you! Yea, you! Do want to make money quick? Do you want women, power and fast cars? Do you want to be snorting cocaine off a hooker within the next six weeks? Then all you need is "Dest... Valve: Let players fund videogame development 54 Some would say that the games industry would be better for everybody if publishers weren't around. Similar to how record labels helped kill music and become an unnecessary middle-man between musi... Take-Two stock takes a nosedive after BioShock 2 delay 20 Yesterday's news that Take-Two would be delaying the release of BioShock 2 to the 2010 fiscal year was a bit of a disappointment -- the game was definitely one of the most anticipated of the holi... Sony bites back at Activision over PS3 price threats 81 Last month, evil publisher Activision caused quite a stir when nefarious CEO Bobby Kotick hinted he might have to stop supporting the PS3 if a price drop didn't come soon. This was essentially a ... Activision's Kotick: 'We might have to stop supporting Sony' 150 Activision boss Bobby Kotick has dropped a huge bomb on Sony today with a few statements concerning their support for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. In short, the world's largest third-party games de... Midway Newcastle: two weeks to find a buyer, or lights out 5 According to an (excellent) article posted this morning on The Guardian, Midway Newcastle has until the end of the month to find a prospective buyer. Midway has been hemorrhaging cash for the pas... Microsoft justifies that $60 sticker on ODST 54 What makes a game valuable? Sorry if you're just rolling out of bed from a Saturday night hangover, and I'm dropping a major question on you, but where does value come from when we're talking abo... Uwe Boll paid money to be in Postal 3 17 Uwe, Uwe, Uwe. Wouldn't your money be better spent making another one of your highly entertaining movies?Developer Running with Scissors says that Boll has paid to appear in the upcoming game Pos... Sony not worried by PSP Go price 75 If the PSP Go has one thing going against it, it's the fact that the bloody thing costs so much money. Sony loves expensive hardware, and when it was revealed to cost a princely $249, people balk... No console price drops means sad Bobby Kotick 22 Consoles cost money. I keep trying to take a PS3 from my local Best Buy, but they refuse to hand it over if I don't give them cash. Unfortunately, I don't have cash and thus I can't buy the conso... EA is ripe for a takeover? 59 Skepticism is pretty much the hat we need to don here, as we learn that some analyst believe that EA is perfect for a takeover. The number crunchers over at Cowen Research believe that thanks to ... Star Ocean: The Last Hope gets a 360 Collector's Edition 32 You know that dirty trick game companies sometimes pull where they put out a game, and then a few months later they announce some collector's edition or enhanced version with extra stuff you didn... Activision's execs sell off some stock for a quick $60 mil 9 CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly took the opportunity last week to make a few bucks by selling off some of thier Activision stock. With shares being up some 30%, Kotick b... Square Enix reports drop in profits 28 Square Enix has announced their financial figures for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2009 and have noted that there has been a drop since the figures of last year. GameIndustry.biz reports th... Nintendo's Iwata: Online game sales a 'gradual increase' 11 Retail has still got it. Nintendo has made their fortune these past few decades on retail sales, and they're not about to give up on them now. While they've dipped their toes in the downloadabl... Japan devs want in on that iPhone game money 7 It seems that western game developers are all for making iPhone games. They're betting on Apple's vision of touchscren gaming for the masses, and I'm sure that we'll have seen more mobile games... Warner Bros offers 33 million to purchase Midway assets 12 Well, things at Midway have been changing radically to say the least for some time now, but today we found out that a prediction we made earlier in the year has in fact come to pass. We thought t... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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