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What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “Push out the lifespan of PS3.” – DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole responds to rumors that Sony is actually preparing to unveil and PlayStation 4 sometime next year(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"); }); STAT | $4.27 million – How much Sony CEO Howard Stringer earned for the fiscal year ended on March 31, as Sony dropped his annual pay from $5.05 million with company losses piling up. QUOTE | “Broader than ever before.” – Xbox COO Dennis Durkin notes that the Xbox H25 brand has expanded a great deal in the last 12 months to the point where it’s a “much broader place demographically.” QUOTE | “Not accepted by core gamers.” – Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata talks about why Wii failed to resonate with the core audience and how Wii U will rectify this problem QUOTE | “Put the cart before the horse.” – Interpret VP Michael Cai’s comments that Nintendo may have blown an opportunity with its 3DS launch by failing to provide software gamers desire. QUOTE | “Brilliant strategic move.” – Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter on Blizzard’s decision to make World of Warcraft free to play up to level 20, which he says could be a “pre-emptive” strike against Star Wars: The Old Republic STAT | $21.6 billion – Research firm Newzoo’s estimate for the total gamers in the U.S. h25 com สล็อต​ will spend in 2011, as mobile, online and download games combined are expected to surpass traditional console games for the first time this year. QUOTE | “Analytics just aren’t enough.” – Activision associate brand manager on Call of Duty Aland Failde discusses how to h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ survive the social gaming bubble and challenges companies to go beyond analytics. QUOTE | “Not cannibalizing packaged goods.” – As successful as Zynga has been, it’s growth does not spell doom for traditional game companies and packaged goods, says analyst Michael Pachter. TWIST | The Supreme Court ruling on California’s violent games law is not only a major win for the industry and game makers, but it’s also a tacit admission that games are no longer just for kids This Week In the Business courtesy of IndustryGamers.com (Top photo: Shutterstock)