Study Group: Video Game Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 64
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Principal
Peter Roithmayr Associates LLC
Peter Roithmayr is an independent consultant in the video game industry. Previously, he was the Vice President of Strategic Merchandising within the Video Game division at Electronics Boutique...
William GardnerFormerPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Eidos Inc.
William Gardner was most recently (05/08) the President and Chief Executive Officer at Eidos, Inc, a major videogame publisher, until the takeover of USA Sales by Time Warner. There he was responsible for rebuilding the business from finance, sales, marketing and operations perspectives. Previously,...
Director of Video Game Purchasing
Baker & Taylor, Inc.
Mauricio Polack is the Director of Video Game Purchasing, involved in managing the video game division at Baker & Taylor, Inc. In his current role, he works with both game publishers and retailers...
Joseph MorrisVice President & General Manager
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Joe Morris is the Vice President and General Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, a video game publisher. He is responsible for digital distribution of entertainment content to North and South American wireless carriers, and managing business development for digital distribution of content into...
FormerChief Executive Officer
THE GAME GROUP PLC
John Steinbrecher was the Chief Executive at Game Group Plc, Europe's largest chain of computer software and video game stores He has over 16 years in this industry. He has also served as the Vice President of Store Operations for Electronics Boutique. Mr. Steinbrecher’s contribution for the Rhino Group...
Michael SellersCEO
Online Alchemy
Michael Sellers is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Alchemist at Online Alchemy, a developer of computer games, artificial intelligence, and social networking software. He has been designing and developing online multiplayer games since 1994. One of two co-founders of Archetype Interactive, Mike...
Director of Products (Title Acquisition)
Junnet
Ms.Limin Ma (Amanda) is VP of Baiyou100.com, the new online game operate platform. She worked for Junnet, the largest prepaid game card distribution company in China from 2000 to 2007.
Donald HatchConsultant
Donald Hatch
Donald Hatch is providing consulting services on the state of the retail industry. He resigned from A and A Quality Appliance in 2006 (dba Appliance Factory Outlet), where he held the positions of District Manager, Store Manager and Director of Value Added Sales since 2005. Previously, he served as...
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There are several key implications from this price move. First of all, the X-Box 360 is not moving well at retail, and there is "push-back" from retail vendors to get the hardware moving again. This lack of movement is causing a slowdown in software sales, forcing developers and publishers to...
The iPhone will cross seamlessly from personal to business use. Microsoft will develop for it and at that point, the best-designed handset with the best software combination will be able to win.
New businesses, especially tech-startups are increasingly leaving behind the Microsoft Suite altogether. They find the software unfriendly and increasingly cumbersome. Microsoft has increased the complexity and decreased the stability of the overall suite over the past 10 years.
EA attempts to bring a successful Asian model stateside. Success is almost guaranteed given the penetration of internet play in US homes.
Electronic Arts is demonstrating that they are serious about getting back into online gaming. Microtransactions will supplement subscription-based services, but digital distribution will not replace the retail channel. New methods of acquiring data will have to be devised to accurately...
Most Common Company Types:
- Video Game Publisher
- Individual/Small Consultancy
- Video Game Developer
- Video / Music / Books Retailer
- Video Game Distributor
- Video Game Retailer
- Internet Portal
- Online Publisher
Most Common Job Types:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
- Principal
- Consultant
- Assistant Store Manager
- Business Development Manager
- President
- General Manager
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