A new survey by Cowan & Company as reported by GamesIndustryBiz, reveals that titles for the ‘core’ audience is in fact still the best investment game publishes. This comes as a bit of a surprise as online social gaming, portable gaming and digital distribution is growing at a rapid rate.
The survey showed that less than 5% of 2301 respondents said that they had bought fewer console games as a result of increased time playing online, social or free-to-play titles, and games on hardware such as the iPad.
And although demand for motion controllers Move and Kinect is high amongst owners of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the results indicate that demand from non-owners of the home consoles appears “tepid.”