This Week in the Business_ 'PS3 Skyrim is Not Nearly as Bad as It Seems'

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “PS3 Skyrim is not nearly as bad as it seems.”—Todd Howard, Bethesda Softworks Game Director, saying that Skyrim hasn’t been a problem for all that many PS3 players(new Image()).src H25 = '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 | “10 years out, we’ll be talking about retail as a museum h25 com สล็อต​ piece.”—Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard, talking about the end of the game store in the near future QUOTE | “I totally believe the sales is not something we should be worried about.”—Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida speaking about how the PS Vita is going to avoid the mistakes Sony made with the PSP STAT | $1,251.45 —Final price paid on eBay for a set of 6 “ultra rare” Skylanders figures in silver and gold QUOTE | “The first scenario is absolute victory for Sony…The second is complete defeat.”—David Radd, Senior Editor at IndustryGamers.com, talking about what might happen with next-generation consoles STAT | 12 million—Number of units the PS Vita could sell this year if the price was cut to $180, according to Jia Wu, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics QUOTE | “The iPad 3 will likely sell 12 times the number of PS Vitas in the next year.”—Steve Peterson, h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ West Coast Editor of IndustryGamers.com, comparing the PS Vita to the iPad 3 QUOTE | “If we have to sell hardware we will.”—Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve, talking about what they would be willing to do if they have to in order to drive innovation QUOTE | “On average, our games monetize 10x to 20x per user.”—Will Harbin, CEO of Kixeye, talking about how their hard-core social games make far more money than Zynga’s games STAT | $1.8 million—Amount the State of California spent defending its law banning the sales of violent video games to minors, which the Supreme Court struck down last year QUOTE | “We want to be ready for an IPO.”—What CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson said, after the EVE Online publisher took in $66 million during 2011 This Week in the Business courtesy of IndustryGamers.com (Image from Shutterstock)