Paris / Lyon / DRIVE WOBURN / Marseille / Redmondbased / Boston / New York / /
Company
General Electric / Les Echos / Ziff Davis Media Inc. / PS2 / UBS / Major League Gaming / Maxtor / Vivendi Universal / Ubisoft / Simba Group / NBC / Nintendo of America / Nintendo / Arcadia Research / BBC / LSP / Atari / Amazon.com / Xbox / Capital Entertainment Group / Battle.net / GameStop / TiVo / Titus / Activision / International Development Group / Sun Microsystems / Panasonic / Nokia / Sony / Electronic Arts / Seattle Times / Technology Research / NGage / ATI / Unplugged Games / ONE EUROPEAN CARRIER / NPD Group / DEVELOPMENT GRANT OFFERS A COMPANY / Microsoft / LucasArts / Warner Bros. / TakeTwo / THQ / /
Continent
Europe / North America / /
Country
France / Japan / United Kingdom / China / Belarus / United States / Soviet Union / /
TOMB RAIDER CHRONICLES / arena All Sony / Marseille’s port / TOMB RAIDER U.S. SALES / EA’s The Two Towers / TOMB RAIDER / /
Holiday
Columbus Day / Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
Graphics-chip maker / local networking / state law / software sales trends / software makers / media properties / retail product / game publishers / Software sales / software prices / videogame publisher / consumer electronics brands / investment / manufacturing / Wireless gaming / compliant graphics chips / consumer electronics / media giant / online business models / consumer electronics product / retail price / test devices / software houses / retail / console maker / licensed product / lower-end device / retail sales / homeentertainment device / ONLINE GAMES / chain / individual retail outlets / combo mobile phone/game device / electronics chains / media / broader entertainment device / Neither device / /
Movie
The Lord of the Rings / Harry Potter / Grand Theft Auto III / Grand Theft Auto / TOMB RAIDER 3 / /
OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
French government / HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / Video Software Dealers Association / provincial government / Euromediterranean Project / SENATE / Federal Communications Commission / Swiss Army / Marseille government / UN Court / SME Development Fund / Senate Commerce / Science / and Transportation subcommittee / /
Person
Simon Price / SIMON JEFFERY / Earlier / Dean Takahashi / Tom Edwards / Brian Farrell / Dale Strang / Jason Babler / James Lin / Eric Goldberg / Zelda / Neil Young / P.J. McNealy / Ask Sega / Jade Empire / Mitch Koch / Quentin Tarantino / Mary Lou Dickerson / Greg Ford / George Harrison / Larry Wachowski / Prince / Chris Melissinos / Ernest Hollings / Lara Croft / Jean-Rene Fourtou / Jeffrey Lapin / Lee Uniacke / Jean-Marie Messier / Philippe Stefanini / Cathy Bendoff / John Taylor / Madden / Jennifer Buckendorff / Mike Wallace / Andy Wachowski / Joe Baca / JOB CREATED / Mario / John Gaudiosi / Warren Jenson / Stephane Baudet / TABLE OF CONTENTS SELLING VIVENDI / Maritza Refuerzo / Carlos Lugo / Anne Marie Miguel / Michele Manousos / Jimmy Guterman Jimmy / /
Position
vice president of retail sales and marketing / ART DIRECTOR / chief gaming officer / president / current chief / vice president / Chief Executive Officer / player / head / King / CEO / executive / EDITORIAL DIRECTOR / Minister of Culture / Representative / federal judge / company spokesperson / project manager / senior vice president of marketing / CIRCULATION DIRECTOR / unchallenged leader / Davison BUSINESS DIRECTOR / Prince / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / leader / director / analyst / sales leader / CFO / videogame analyst / current chief executive / vice president and executive / chief executive / /
Product
GameCube console / GameCube / PS2 / Game Boy / RPG / Sony PlayStation 2 / PlayStation 2 / Houghton Mifflin / Game Boy Player / /
ProvinceOrState
New York / Washington / California / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
the Seattle Times / /
Region
former Soviet Union / /
SportsEvent
World Cup / NFL 2005 / /
Technology
mobile phones / same technologies / PDA / smartphone / compliant graphics chips / digital video / cellular telephone / /
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1; NOVEMBER 21, 2003 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Last holiday season, the videogame industry was filled with hubris. It was as if the people selling videogames were taking