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Hol · 08-12-2009, 11:43 AM

As was just mentioned, never underestimate the value of industry contacts - I suggest sending out some carefully-worded emails around to different companies.
Also the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) is a good place to start. They make a yearly report on games stats, I don't know if these links still work but I used them in my dissertation: http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2006.pdf
and
http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2008.pdf
I found that their graphs showed a upward trend for adventure games in the video game market - in 2005 the genre didn't feature in the super-genres pie chart but in 2007 it takes a 4.3% chunk. Go check it out for yourself.

Hope this helps!

08-12-2009, 11:43 AM	#3
Hol 3D artist Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 61	As was just mentioned, never underestimate the value of industry contacts - I suggest sending out some carefully-worded emails around to different companies. Also the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) is a good place to start. They make a yearly report on games stats, I don't know if these links still work but I used them in my dissertation: http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2006.pdf and http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2008.pdf I found that their graphs showed a upward trend for adventure games in the video game market - in 2005 the genre didn't feature in the super-genres pie chart but in 2007 it takes a 4.3% chunk. Go check it out for yourself. Hope this helps!