QUOTE | “I’m sure that they’re trying to stay away from controversy. I get it, but it still makes me sad.” – Tina Gong, creator of HappyPlayTime, talking about Apple’s rejection of the app featuring a vagina to educate young women about female masturbation Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ……
QUOTE | “This change will be enough to push the Xbox One installed base higher than PS4 in the U.S. and Canada in 2015.” – IDC analyst Lewis Ward, commenting on Microsoft’s decision to release a Kinect-less Xbox One for $399 Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “We…
STAT | $1.11 billion – Amount of revenue Activision earned in the first quarter of this year, down from $1.32 billion last year; the company projects revenues of $4.22 billion for the full year, compared to $4.3 billion in 2013 STAT | $1.12 billion – Amount Electronic Arts earned in the first quarter of this…
QUOTE | “[You] can’t sell sand at the beach.” – American McGee, head of Spicy Horse, talking about Microsoft’s plan to sell Xbox Ones in China, which he believes will fail for multiple reasons Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “VR is an incredible experience, the technology is…
QUOTE | “Making games is hard and tedious work, so you should be sure you enjoy it before devoting the time and money to school.” – John Murphy, designer for Young Horses (Octodad), along with other developers on the value of education in the game industry Elsewhere in the business of video games this past…
QUOTE | “People who rag on the Vita don’t understand… the purchasing power of Vita owners.” – Guacamelee developer Chris McQuinn on why they think the PS Vita is a great target for game development Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “When shareholders are more important than the…
QUOTE | “We’re looking at it as kind of the Navy SEALs of game development training.” – Veteran game designer and director Warren Spector, talking about the new academic program he’s creating at the University of Texas in Austin Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “It’s a good…
QUOTE | “It’s always struck me as a little odd how resentful players are in the F2P business model about paying a couple dollars when they don’t think twice about paying $50 for the same amount of fun or gameplay time.” – Veteran designer Steve Meretzky, talking about the evolution of free-to-play games Elsewhere in…
QUOTE | “I think this Oculus VR/Facebook deal will appear cheap five years from now, akin to Google’s purchase of YouTube in 2006.” – Investor Asif Khan, CFO of Virtue LLC, talking along with other analysts about the pros and cons of Facebook’s Oculus acquisition Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week…
QUOTE | “You really need those experiences to help people understand – most people just can’t suspend disbelief.” – Oculus VP of product and co-founder Nate Mitchell, talking about the difficulties still ahead in bringing virtual reality to consumers Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Now we’ve got…
QUOTE | “If we need games for 10-year olds do we need to hire 10-year olds to make games? If I can’t make a game for someone else I’m a shitty designer.” – Laralyn McWilliams, veteran game designer, explaining why hearing ‘If we want more games for women we need more women in game development’…
STAT | 0.15%—Percentage of mobile gamers that provide 50% of the revenue for free-to-play games, according to analytics firm Swrve; this was taken from data for January from tens of millions of mobile game users Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Every year there are fewer and fewer…
QUOTE | “The Kickstarter experience had been wading in a sea of love … it was like being dumped from that into this cold pool of Internet Twitter hate.”—Tim Schafer of Double Fine, on the backlash to the announcement that the Kickstarter-funded Broken Age game would be split into two parts Elsewhere in the business…
QUOTE | “I think Steam is … probably the most important thing that’s happened to indie games in the last 10 years.”—Fullbright Company co-founder Steve Gaynor on reactions to his game Gone Home and how indies must think about sales platforms Elsewhere in the business of video games this week … QUOTE | “We expect…
QUOTE | “You ever feel like what we’re doing is too much like pornography?”—Trip Hawkins, EA and Digital Chocolate founder, asking an odd question while on the difficulty of monetizing games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “A culture where mistakes are frowned on absolutely crushes creativity.”—Ted Price,…
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Immaturity and multiplayer gaming go hand in hand.”—Ethan Levy, design consultant, talking in depth about the new player experience in League of Legends and why it should be improved QUOTE | “It can take video games in general to a new…
QUOTE | “These Clueless Gamer segments are not serious reviews nor endorsements … We do not believe sponsorship identification is needed.”—Unnamed representative for Conan O’Brien’s show, responding to the news that Red Barrels paid $35,000 to have their game Outlast featured on the segment What’s happened in the business of video games this past week…
QUOTE | “We are thinking about a new business structure. .. It’s not as simple as enabling Mario to move on a smartphone.”—Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, on Nintendo’s loss for the year and what to do about it Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $766 million—Change in the…
STAT | $1 million—Amount of sales that Pizza Hut’s Xbox 360 app has generated in 4 months by allowing people to order pizza from Xbox Live; “It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us,” said Pizza Hut And elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I don’t think…
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Nintendo continues to underperform even our very low expectations. However, it is more of a business failure than a product failure.”—Analyst David Cole of DFC Intelligence, with other analysts, discussing what happened in 2013 and predicting what will happen in 2014…
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