Dojo Info 1/17/10

1. Steam Account Sells for $1,000 on eBay
   Why would this crazy resort to utter madness? “I am going to try to spend more time with my family and doing other hobbies.” Oh. That’s fair… I guess.
2. Dylan Cuthbert: Game Funding Model Is “Fundamentally Broken”
   Publishers hold the power and will only bank of titles they believe have sure-fire success written all over them. That’s why any developer who wants to take risks and innovate, needs to find a relatively small publishing company or go it alone. Yes, I agree it’s broken.
3. Bump Goes Cross-Platform With New Android App; Upgrades iPhone Version Too
   Too hip app that I must have.
4. Live coverage of Google’s Android phone announcement
   World domination! Watch out for Google!
5. Video game sales explode in industry’s best month ever
   I think it’s inventive games on the Wii that are the big surprise. Nintendo is quite visionary in that regard.

Wii Sales Pass Xbox 360, PS3 Distant 3rd

Here’s a neat chart from GameDaily showing some data on the hardware wars. Looks like the Wii is taking no prisoners… those trend lines are nasty strong.

I wonder if that takes into consideration how many 360s have been sent back to Microsoft due to the red rings of death? [via Kotaku]