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 gardens with small fences around them, or maybe a hedge." - Microsoft VP Phil Harrison, talking about how they have made the "walled gardens" of the previous console generation much more accessible.
QUOTE | "I want us as an industry to stop being so scared... Let's not be scared to ruffle feathers." - BioWare designer Manveer Heir, in his GDC talk on Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia and how the industry should take games beyond these things.
STAT | $129 million – Amount of profit that Minecraft studio Mojang took in in 2013, more than double 2012 profits; that profit is after Mojang paid Minecraft creator Notch slightly more than $129 million in royalties.
QUOTE | "Using the camera to broadcast yourself is much, much more fun than they thought and they didn't quite get it." - Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, talking about by marketing that's led to shortages of the PS4 camera.
QUOTE | "Never underestimate Nintendo. They're probably one hardware release away from something that utterly convinces us that they know exactly what the future of games should be." - Veteran designer Peter Molyneux, talking about why he's not willing to discount Nintendo's business in the future.
STAT | 7.38 million – Number of copies sold so far of Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the 3DS worldwide; one million of those have been sold in the last six months.
QUOTE | "From scratch, I don't think we could do an Oddworld title for a couple million dollars." - Lorne Lanning, Oddworld creator, talking aboutwhy he won't do a Kickstarter to create a new Oddworld title.
STAT | 9th – Rank of the LEGO video game franchise among all video game franchises, according to Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment; WBIE has sold 1.6 million LEGO games since the beginning of 2013.
STAT | 500,000 – Number of people who play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn every day; the game has 1.8 million registered players so far.
This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International
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