[casual_games] Re: Why did exclusive distribution deals break dwonbetween stuidos and theatres

[Miguel Oliveira]

Considering that casual games are basically part of the bigger PC-market, 
NPD might be taking care of our worries soon...
if the publishers/portals go along, of course.

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=11602

Best regards / Beste Grüsse,
 
Miguel Oliveira
Bluefish Media 
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_From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org 
_[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Steven Davis
_Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 09:51 AM
_To: casual_games at igda.org
_Subject: [casual_games] Re: Why did exclusive distribution 
_deals break dwonbetween stuidos and theatres
_
_Juan asked -
_
_"This is a very interesting topic, and also worth mentioning 
_that the Movie business dealt with the same problem in the 
_first 4 decades of existence. We should dig down in the 
_history of the movie business and find out when studios broke 
_down exclusive distribution deals with theatres, and why."
_
_The studios used to own the theatres or vice versa (by the 
_way, everyone who goes on about the similarity between the 
_movie industry and the game industry should go read "The Big 
_Picture" 
_(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400063531/qid=1137606021/sr=
_8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-4823948-0808663?n=507846&s=book
s&v=glance) by Edward Epstein. It is very informative for a number of
_reasons.).
_
_This was ended by a major anti-trust case that I believe was 
_settled in the '60s.... which could be another reason to 
_encourage more open data sharing... to avoid the impression 
_that the game portals/publishers have too much market power.
_
_Steve
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