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Big media companies to end licensing, bring game development in-house
Posted: 19.02.2008 13:28 by Comments: 4
The general idea about games based on movies is that they suck. Simply put, they are almost always poorly rated and just low-quality titles. That isn't for no reason, of course. Game developers and publishers who make these games are usually on serious time restraints that force them to pump out a game by the movie's release date.


However, with the movie industry in a slow decline and "interactive media" being the fastest growing business in entertainment today, huge media companies like Disney and Time Warner are looking to develop videogames in-house, instead of the standard practice of licensing games to publishers.

The Wall Street Journal has a great article discussing just that, and how because of the growth and huge strides the gaming industry has made over the years, movie moguls want a piece of the action. Hit the jump for the full story.
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By herodotus on February 19, 2008
avatar The death of the Movie Industry as it is was always on the cards, and now with Warner signing exclusively with Sony for Blu Ray (the death of HD DVD), home-based Theatre Entertainment is coming closer to reality.
By Jamie on February 20, 2008
avatar The death of the movie industry?
By herodotus on February 20, 2008
avatar AS IT IS...that is movies are now being made with DVD as the primary focus, with the cinema release as just a side-bar. Now though, the Home Entertainment Theatre and Gaming System is being targetted as a Combo-Setup. The movie industry knows where the future <span id="readMoreHide_548_378">...<br /><br /><a class="orangBold" href="javascript:toggleReadMore('548_378');">Read more...</a></span><span id="readMoreShow_548_378" style="display:none">lies, with big names like Sony, Time-Warner and Toshiba all involved. Perhaps Evolution of the industry would be a better way of putting it...but cinemas will soon go the way of Drive-Inns.</span>
By Jamie on February 21, 2008
avatar hmm, Cinemas are still very much used, I go there often. I recently saw cloverfield, which I would recommend seeing to everyone. The problem is, soon you&#039;ll start seeing 3D films which need several projectors, so we won&#039;t be able to those at home <span id="readMoreHide_561_378">...<br /><br /><a class="orangBold" href="javascript:toggleReadMore('561_378');">Read more...</a></span><span id="readMoreShow_561_378" style="display:none">for quite sometime as I see it being difficult to do. If Cinema&#039;s are to be damaged then that will bounce them right back up.</span>
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