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Caves, R ~ Creative Industries

Woitek Konzal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:27:25 +0000

Caves, Richard E.
2000
Creative Industries: Contracts Between Art and Commerce

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Definition-creative-industries:
“The organization of “creative industries,’ in which the product or service contains a substantial element of artistic or creative endeavor, has received surprisingly little attention from economists, with a sole exception: the question whether public subsidy is warranted for the performing arts.”

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Definition-creative-industries:
“One has been largely missed, however – the “creative” industries supplying goods and services that we broadly associate with cultural, artistic, or simply entertainment value. They include book and magazine publishing, the visual arts (painting, sculpture), the performing arts (theatre, opera, concerts, dance), sound recordings, cinema and TV films, even fashion and toys and games.”

Microsoft ~ Groundbreaking Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta Concludes

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:25:49 +0000

Microsoft
13.06.2007
Groundbreaking “Halo 3” Multiplayer Beta Concludes; Official Countdown for Launch of Game Begins (08.12.2010)

Statistics about Halo 3 beta.
820,000 participants, etc.

Creativity ~ 2008 Creativity Award Winner

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:25:56 +0000

Creativity
14.05.2008
2008 Creativity Award Winner: Halo 3 Launch Campaign (08.12.2010)

Q&A with T.A.G. (now agencytwofifteen) Creative Director John Patroulis about the launch campaign of Halo 3.

Nutt, C ~ TGS Microsoft’s Keynote

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:17:14 +0000

Nutt, Christian
15.09.2010
TGS: Microsoft’s Keynote – Japan Fills Kinect’s Core Gamer Gap (01.12.2010)

Halo: Reach made USD 200m in first 24 hours.

Microsoft ~ Global Entertainment Phenomenon Halo 3

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:12:10 +0000

Microsoft
04.10.2007
Global Entertainment Phenomenon “Halo 3” Records More Than $300 Million in First-Week Sales Worldwide (01.12.2010)

Says that Halo 3 was the largest entertainment launch in history.

Activision ~ Call of Duty Black Ops Sets New Opening Day

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:02:49 +0000

Activision
11.11.2010
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Sets New Opening Day Sales Record With Approximately $360 Million in North America and United Kingdom Alone (01.12.2010)

Activision ~ Call of Duty Black Ops Sets New Five Day

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:58:59 +0000

Activision
18.11.2010
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Sets New Five Day Entertainment Industry Record Grossing More Than $650 Million Worldwide (01.12.2010)

Microsoft ~ Millions Reaching for Most Ambitious Halo Game Yet

Woitek Konzal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:09:57 +0000

Microsoft
14.09.2010
Millions Reaching for Most Ambitious Halo Game Yet (01.12.2010)

Good statistics about the Halo franchise.

Brodesser-Akner, C ~ The New Halo Game Is a Hit

Woitek Konzal — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:39:18 +0000

Brodesser-Akner, Claude
06.10.2010
The New Halo Game Is a Hit — So What’s the Status of the Halo Movie? (30.11.2010)

History of the Halo movie that never happened. Including financing, which studios, Peter Jackson, Neil Blomkamp, Steven Spielberg.

Bass, D ~ The Halo Effect of Microsoft’s Halo

Woitek Konzal — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:15:04 +0000

Bass, Dina
26.08.2010
The Halo Effect of Microsoft’s Halo (29.11.2010)

“Since the first release of Halo in 2001, the alien-invasion-themed game and its appurtenant books, toys, and apparel, have generated $2 billion in sales for Microsoft. That’s not including the Xbox consoles and online game subscriptions the games have helped sell.”

Gives info on Halo Story Bible.

“Halo “has a lot of room to grow,” says Phil Spencer, vice-president of Microsoft Game Studios. “Microsoft is a scale company. We are not a niche company. We are not about delighting millions of people, we are about delighting hundreds of millions of people.“”