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01.31.11
Hollywood’s Online and Mobile Entertainment Business Expanding Thanks to Game Devices
Consumer spending on entertainment content is expected to have tallied $320 billion in 2010 with online and mobile media segments experiencing the largest percentage growth. Research carried out by Futuresource Consulting indicates that consumer spending on online entertainment grew by around 23%, while expenditure on mobile media grew by more than 15%, far outstripping gains made by packaged media, theatrical, cable, satellite and IPTV, albeit from a lower base. The ability to play media on game consoles like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, portable game devices from Sony and Nintendo, and new tablets like Apple's iPad and NVIDIA Tegra, along with smart phones, is expanding the reach of entertainment well beyond the television.
06.19.10
E3 2010: Videogames Make the Leap to 3D

LOS ANGELES – At E3 2010, 3D was all the rage. Sony and Nintendo are pushing 3D in two new directions and focusing on the mainstream consumer. The Nintendo 3DS will introduce American and European consumers to auto stereoscopic 3D (Japanese cell phones already feature this glasses-free technology) with a full slate of games. Sony’s offering a free stereoscopic 3D upgrade to its 35 million PlayStation 3s this month, turning every console into a 3D movie and gaming machine. With those giants making the jump to 3D, just about every game maker is developing titles to support this technology.