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