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Quick Game Industry Research Factoids

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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Australian Gaming Industry:

Worth: AU$1billion in 2006

Note: Film/Box Office in 2007 AU$900million in 2007

Industry is Growing: >12% per year
12.5m games sold in 2006
Gamer average age: 28 years old
Gamers are 60% male, 40% female
In 2007, 67% Australians have broadband
35% are parents, 8% will tell you [...]

G’Day World: Independent Investigative Journalism

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Cameron Reilly’s recent Podcast “Ex-Gloria Jean’s Franchisees Speak Out” is investigative journalism in the raw.
Further evidence that non “Mainstream Media” can do deep investigative journalism. TPN goes into the same orbit as Crikey.com.au in my book.
The story has been going along for some months and shows Cameron’s desire to find out the story to a [...]

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