Harry Potters Quidditch Cup

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Harry PottersQuidditch Cup
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Games are serious business

• Game console market 10 billion (2002)
• Sony Playstation 2 72 of sales
• Ninentendos GameCube 16
• Microsofts XBOX 12
• (11/4/02, CyberAtlas Jupiter Research)

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Why, What Who?
(5/31/02, CyberAtlas)
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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)
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Harry Potter Games

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerers 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

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Game Reviews

• Sorcerers 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)
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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
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Quidditch Gamers
For PC, PS2, GameBoy, GameCube, XBOX
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