scources table

Date Reliability Sources found How found?
24.9.10 Assignment was set.
Topic decided on and discussed.
List of sub-questions created.
Initial web searches- secondary research – Wikipedia…etc
Doing xbox live


Googled the topic – lots of sources found.
Checked Wikipedia and followed links at bottom of page.


1) 29.9.10 informative and useful for an overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live
Googled topic:xbox live


2) useful statistics http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/shifting-gaming-demographics/
Googled topic: xbox live gaming demographics


3) hard to navigate www.techmeme.com/100326/p4
Googled topic:xbox live investments


4) useful however not many very relivant articles that were up to date http://www.guardian.co.uk/media
Asked Jeves: xbox live

5) 1/10/10
useful however again not completely up to date http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/16/halo-reach-breaks-xbox-live-online-play-record/ Googled topic: xbox online hours played


6) very informative http://advertising.microsoft.com/gaming/xbox-live
Googled topic: xbox live


7)good for sales statistics www.gamasutra.com/.../Microsoft_Releases_Sales_Figures_Xbox_Live_Stats.php - Asked Jeves: xbox live statistics



8) 4/10/10 helpful for the female statistcs http://www.conceivablytech.com/426/products/the-next-frontier-female-gaming-demographics/ Googled topic: female gaming demographics xbox live

9) corroberates previous information http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10426467-17.html Binged topic: xbox 360 statistics

10) 6/10/10 also useful http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27218/Microsoft_Releases_Sales_Figures_Xbox_Live_Stats.php
googled topic: xbox live statistics

11) told more about the stocks for videogames designed to be used as a sales device to people who want to invest http://gamerinvestments.com/video-game-stocks/index.php/2010/01/06/microsoft-ces-keynote-press-release-xbox-live-stats-game-room-details-and-project-natal-coming-winter-2010/
Googled topic: xbox live gaming statistics

12) useful however not very modern Games cultures- Computer games as new media, page 47-49, Authors: Jon Dovey and Helen W Kennedy, Date published: 2006, publisher: issues Library

13) 7/10/10 helpful to find out where xbox live is going in the future http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games/1280275/microsoft-previews-new-xbox-live Yahoo’d topic: future of xbox live

14) 8/10/10 useful to see larger statiscs http://advertising.microsoft.com/asia/research?Adv_CaseStudyID=1295 googled topic: advertising for xbox live

15) informative and re-iterates previous information http://www.thinkbox.tv/server/show/ConCaseStudy.139
googled topic: xbox live gaming statistics and demographics

16) 9/09/10 Bad, irrelevant information http://advertising.microsoft.com/europe/xbox-live-advertising
Yahoo’d topic: xbox live advertising

17) 4/10/10 Bad: not relevant information, more about meeting other people on xbox live http://www.bungie.net/Community/PeopleFinder.aspx
googled topic: xbox live demographics

18) 8/10/10 Bad: about a independent games festival http://www.igf.com/02finalists.html
googled topic: xbox live

reliable websites

the first questions you have to ask when you first look at a website to check to see if its reliable: Who? What? Why? and When?
Who? who is the writer and are they reliable such as guido fawkes a blogger who blogs to try and bring down the government
What? is the article about and is it relevant
Why? Why is it written and why do
When? When was it written, is it still re1levant or is it to old?