Online game download sales growth, big game software developers share price hurricane

Foreign media reports, due to online game download sales growth, EA and Take-two and other large game software developers 2014 prices, the market is expected to have more room for growth in 2015.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the big game software company's market capitalisation climbed sharply this year, EA shares climbed more than 1 time times, Take-two Interactive rose 66%,ubisoft more than 48%, and saw Blizzard's share price also nearly 15% of the increase.

More and more gamers tend to buy game software on the web, making the sales of game discs in retail stores slide. U.S. gaming software entities sold about $4.2 billion trillion in the first 11 months of the year, down 17% from a year earlier, according to data from Market Research institute NPD Group.

Given that gamers continue to buy Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation's latest version of the game, matching game software sales will grow, but the difference is that consumers are more and more likely to buy online download games, the software developers to improve the digital revenue.

According to SuperData's data, the sales of online games with games consoles and computers in November this year rose 44% from a year earlier, up more than $400 million trillion. By contrast, NPD points out that the real game sales of traditional retailers have been reduced by 1% per cent over the same period.

As game developers expand their online gaming business, the chances of the gaming industry being hacked are rising, but the industry is also aware of the importance of cybersecurity.

Sony PlayStation Receptacle (PSN), who was hacked on Christmas Day, was finally back online after 3 days of disconnection. But Sony also said the player is eager to return to the online gaming world, and that network traffic is too likely to disrupt the platform service.

Sony vice President Johnson said PSN and other gaming services were hacked during the holidays, causing traffic overload, disrupting online and online gaming services. The same attack also has Microsoft's Xbox Live service platform, Xbox Live has been back online on 26th, but after the issue.

This article comes from: 17173.com Chinese game First portal station detailed source reference: http://news.17173.com/content/2014-12-30/20141230091204283.shtml