JohnHawkerGhost wrote:


If regular expansions, and "relevance" to our times is what you seek, you are not in the best place to satisfy your need. I would recommend more time spent on boardgamegeek.com reviewing "The Hotness". You might also benefit from Hasbro and Games Workshop. They seem to be profitable companies that like regular, profitable, expansions and versions. This would still leave you as a societal outsider here in the U.S.A. I assume a similar situation in Australia.

Computer gaming is actually shrinking, and has borderline profitability, with excellent companies going under. What you really need is an Xbox 360. Profitable products, revisions happen automatically when you attempt to play while logged in, and new expansions are regularly provided for many of the games. If you want to get an Xbox to appear relevant, you can still play board games like Catan, Carcassonne, Risk, etc., on it. They even have http://forums.xbox.com/7/ShowForum.aspx Lots of people play Xbox 360 games. My source says that World of Warcraft has about 12 million subscribers, while the best selling Xbox 360 game, Halo 3, has sold about 8 million copies.

To really be in the now you need to get a Wii and play Wii Sports. OVER 75 MILLION COPIES SOLD!!! Plus, the younger players are really into the Wii.

Shoot, I keep thinking I have found you the most updated, profitable, relevant, games. Mobile phone app Angry Birds has sold about 100 million copies, and there are 3 versions, and they get updated!!!

Darn it... Farmville was reported as the most played game in the world, and it is profitable, and is regularly updated. I am too sad to look up its' numbers Ah, who am I kidding. I see reports that they had 80 million players in 2010 and dropped to 60 million later in the year. So it is only the most played if you count who is actually playing what game at a given moment of the day. Pretty relevant, plus you get facebook friends. (talk about relevant)


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