Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index

May 16, 2008 2:50 PM

Finally we come to the end of the week, that special time when we examine the body of the industry for a few minutes before we quit out, like a Trespasser focus tester.

Microsoft
Declares worldwide victory in the current-gen console war, while somehow claiming that the Wii is not an actual console.

Rock Revolution
Plastic toy drum collection? Chick. Magnet.

4:3 Display Manufacturers
73% of Steam gamers use boxy monitors. Long live 1600x1200?

Gears of War 2
Is co-op for players, or four players? Nobody knows. At least it's bigger and badder.

Battlefield Heroes
It may have been built around a business model, but it's still pretty fun. Long live free games.

MMO Players
Age of Conan next week, and Lich King this year. Time to polish up those resumes.

"We're not shutting the door on PC at all. For this project, it happens to be that we don't have a PC SKU."

LucasArts producer Cameron Suey, talking about the difference between not supporting the PC and not making games for the PC.

"I do not think there is a need for me to talk about a console war."

Metal Gear Solid series creator Hideo Kojima at Konami's recent press event, after complaining that he was misinterpreted while speaking about PlayStation 3 development during an Edge Magazine interview.

"Everybody at Capcom had lots of extremely good reasons why this was a terrible idea. But then we did it anyway!"