This Week in the Business_ 'It's Highly Unlikely That PS4 or the Next Xbox will be Backwards Compati

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “It’s highly unlikely that PS4 or the next Xbox will be backwards compatible.”—Chris Morris, veteran game journalist, talking about what Sony needs to do to succeed with the PS4(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); QUOTE | “EA: Best major publisher of 2012.”—Metacritic’s ranking of Electronic Arts versus all publishers who published more than 15 games in 2012; EA finished first with an average of 75.2 percent QUOTE | “We are not ambitious to be pg123 the next THQ.”—Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media, explaining why Koch Media bought Volition Inc. and Metro: Last Light in the THQ bankruptcy sale STAT | $4.86 billion—Amount of revenue Activision brought in for 2012;the company only expects to make $4.09 billion in 2013 QUOTE | “The characters are not interesting, sound design is boring, everything is average.”—Rovio’s senior VP of brand marketing, Ville Hejari, recalling the first feedback Rovio heard about Angry Birds STAT | 12 million—Number of physical and digital units of Assassin’s Creed III Ubisoft sold in 2012; that’s 70% more than Assassin’s Creed Revelations sold QUOTE | “We have the largest total audience, with 298 million monthly average players, and 72 million on mobile alone.”—Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, talking about the company’s improved outlook following a better-than-expected fourth quarter STAT | 100 million—Total number of Skylanders figures that have been sold so h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ far in the US, according to Activision; the company revealed in its earnings call that the franchise has brought in over $1 billion in total revenue STAT | 70 million—Number of kids worldwide that have registered for online site Moshi Monsters; 1 out of every 2 kids in the UK has registered, and it’s currently the #1 toy brand there STAT | 1.6%—Amount of โค้ดเครดิตฟรีสมาชิกใหม่ล่าสุด the UK software market in January that the Wii U represented; that was less than the 2.2% captured by the PS Vita This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International (Image from Shutterstock)