Xbox’s next big challenge: Mobile gaming
It may sound like a broken record, but it’s worth repeating: there’s no bigger opportunity in the global games industry than mobile. With billions of smartphones owned worldwide, the built-in audience for a mobile game that catches fire dwarfs that of PC or console. It’s a tantalizing prospect for the world’s biggest gaming companies, and […]
Smartphone waste: Over 5 billion devices to be discarded in 2022
With smartphones having become so engrained in consumers’ daily lives, it’s hard to imagine a device in modern history that’s as ubiquitous as the smartphone. And while many consumers no longer seek to upgrade their smartphone on an annual basis, the fact is that the regular manufacturing of these devices has led to tremendous waste […]
Next generation Google router brings mesh, tri-band, and Matter
When it comes to home networking equipment, it’s something of an 80/20 rule. 80% of US adults with broadband internet rely on customer premise equipment (CPE) provided by their internet service provider. Over 1 in 5 also add-on a mesh networking Wi-Fi system and 14% add-on a secondary router that is not a mesh networking […]
Netflix ends subscriber slide as launch of ad tier approaches
After reporting subscriber losses in back-to-back quarters earlier this year, Netflix announced a net gain of 2.4 million subscribers in the last quarter, and expects to see more in Q4 with the introduction of a lower-priced ad supported tier starting in November. The Basic with Ads ad tier will be launched in 12 markets starting […]
Warner Bros. releases entire The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie as NFT
In a first for a major Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released one of its top films, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, as an NFT. The company teamed with blockchain specialist Eluvio to release two different versions of the extended edition of the movie in the “WB Movieverse,” […]
Kansas City Chiefs’ JuJu Smith-Schuster invests in fantasy esports platform PlayerX
Could fantasy esports be the next growth opportunity in the competitive gaming space? Thanks to companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, the fantasy sports arena is already worth an estimated $18.6 billion. Considering the strong gambling connection to fantasy sports, and the recent rise in esports betting, we’ve already seen DraftKings partner with leading esports org […]
China’s gaming market presents a challenge for both domestic and international companies
With the Chinese government continuing to crack down on gaming – following a nine-month ban on approvals last year, Beijing now approves only a small number of new titles – the industry suffered its first contraction in 14 years during the summer, and the nation’s biggest game companies are understandably looking elsewhere to grow their […]
Apple brand loyalty is at the heart of the company’s success
Despite the fact that most consumers no longer rush out to upgrade their smartphones every year, the leading manufacturers continue to iterate on their products on an annual basis, typically offering faster chipsets, improved cameras, and other feature or design changes. 2022 is no different, as Apple, Samsung, and Google have all launched new versions […]
Roku brings radical value to the smart home
Roku has announced a new, value-priced smart home product line. Consumers have long appreciated the brand for its line of media players, which have bridged the gap between traditional pay TV services and streaming services. The brand’s inexpensive set-top boxes and streamlined remote control design enable consumers to dabble in streaming video before making the […]
Peacock gains two million paid subscribers amid flurry of moves to add content to the platform
NBCUniversal (NBCU) CEO Jeff Shell recently announced that Peacock picked up an additional two million paid subscribers during the third quarter in an interview on CNBC. The gains put the fledgling streamer at 15 million paid subscribers after just over two years. Any subscriber gains in the current saturated streaming video on demand (SVOD) market […]
