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Harry Potter’s Quidditch Cup. Games are serious business. Game console market: $10 billion (2002) Sony Playstation 2: 72% of sales Ninentendo’s GameCube: 16% Microsoft’s XBOX: 12% (11/4/02, CyberAtlas & Jupiter Research). Why, What & Who ?. (5/31/02, CyberAtlas). Harry Potter Phenomenon.
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Games are serious business Game console market: $10 billion (2002) • Sony Playstation 2: 72% of sales • Ninentendo’s GameCube: 16% • Microsoft’s XBOX: 12% (11/4/02, CyberAtlas & Jupiter Research)
Why, What & Who? (5/31/02, CyberAtlas)
Harry Potter Phenomenon • Books 24 m (6/21/03 Order o/t Phoenix) • Movies (all-time top-grossing!!!) 11/16/01 $90.29 m 11/15/02 $88.36 m • Games 11/16/01 #2 after Grand Theft Auto 3 11/15/02 #3 (10/22/01, 1/10/02 & 12/19/02, Elspa)
Harry Potter Games • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) - Play role of Harry Potter - Sneak, climb, jump & explore 3-D world - Play fast-paced, arcade-style Quidditch • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Imaginative exploring, 6-12 yrs. - Modes of play: challenges, explore, build & play
Game Reviews • Sorcerer’s Stone pc: 5.5 PS: 4.0 “… is a lesson in boredom” • Chamber of Secrets PS2: 7.3 “… improvement over its predecessor […] mix of strong graphics and solid gameplay” (www.gamespot.com)
A Cry for Quidditch “Take the videogame versions Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. They tell you the story is about Harry Potter. They are not called Harry Potter's Fantastic Quidditch Match or Quidditch for the Harry Potter Fan. There is a very good reason for this. The Quidditch in both the PC version and the Playstation version is similar in scope to the Quidditch at the WB site -- underwhelming. While some of the screen shots might give you the impression you're going to be playing Quidditch in a fully-realized 3D environment, please allow me to disillusion you (in the formal sense of the word). The Quidditch here has you chasing the Snitch along a trail while avoiding obstacles (sound like the WB version?). That's it.” (From http://www.quidditch.com/game_preorders.htm)
Quidditch Gamers For PC, PS2, GameBoy, GameCube, XBOX