Comments on: The Good and Bad of Strong Game Sales in Dreadful Economy http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/ Games as Business…and vice versa Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:37:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » The Death of Conventional Game Media (offline _and_ on) May Save the Games Industry Whyos http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 » The Death of Conventional Game Media (offline _and_ on) May Save the Games Industry Whyos Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:57:35 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=280#comment-1336 [...] with the growth of the business they nurtured (with the notable exception of Game Informer), neither are the game publishers. And I think that it’s been a symbiotic death spiral. The whole model of $60 [...] [...] with the growth of the business they nurtured (with the notable exception of Game Informer), neither are the game publishers. And I think that it’s been a symbiotic death spiral. The whole model of $60 [...]

]]> By: Rick Cook http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 Rick Cook Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:55:40 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=280#comment-1331 Marc, I couldnt agree more. As of this week, the company I have worked for have gone under. We have created online multiplayer casual games for social networks and youd think that with over 1,000,000 million games plays a week on or flagship game we would be ok. It's the looking back part I really agree with.. I have lost count the times our MD/Sales have said 'well that game works, lets rebuild it', this is a cause of low moral and bad sales... Marc, I couldnt agree more. As of this week, the company I have worked for have gone under.

We have created online multiplayer casual games for social networks and youd think that with over 1,000,000 million games plays a week on or flagship game we would be ok.

It’s the looking back part I really agree with.. I have lost count the times our MD/Sales have said ‘well that game works, lets rebuild it’, this is a cause of low moral and bad sales…

]]> By: Nathan http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Nathan Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:13:19 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=280#comment-1323 The point is that most large entities in the industry are not thriving (despite growth of the category), rather than that two are. But I do strive to edify, so feel rather desolate that I have failed you. The point is that most large entities in the industry are not thriving (despite growth of the category), rather than that two are. But I do strive to edify, so feel rather desolate that I have failed you.

]]> By: Ryan Henson Creighto http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Ryan Henson Creighto Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:51:32 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=280#comment-1322 i'm not sure how useful or edifying it is to point out two multi-million dollar companies that are thriving in a recession. i’m not sure how useful or edifying it is to point out two multi-million dollar companies that are thriving in a recession.

]]> By: MARC G Djan http://blog.whyos.com/2009/03/good-and-bad-of-strong-game-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 MARC G Djan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:14:14 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=280#comment-1257 Just like in the music business Majors will have hard time if they do not own the Worldwide number ones .Hardware Manuacturer understand boxes should disappear , and new economic model is Itune and Iphone/Ipodtouch - It is a revolution , and it's very surprising that most of our revolutionary industry did not see from the wind was coming - Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the Home Computing , did revolution the music business and will revolution the video game business because he now own the best and largest store worldwide and the coolest hardware - It is a new approach where developers could become stronger than publisher or at least as strong - It is a new approach where everybody would have to learn new ways to deal with creators , new ways to market , and even new ways to play . I have left the industry for few years and when I came back instead of finding people looking to the future , I only found people check numbers about what did work by the past to understand what they should copy to make some Dims - It is all wrong Activision Guitar Hero is a killer because it was a new experience coming from nowhere well connected to the worldwide ROCK trend at the same time when fashion , music , etc... was all rock - Visions create the trend and trend creat big hits - Trend Books could only create good bread and butter ... Just like in the music business Majors will have hard time if they do not own the Worldwide number ones .Hardware Manuacturer understand boxes should disappear , and new economic model is Itune and Iphone/Ipodtouch – It is a revolution , and it’s very surprising that most of our revolutionary industry did not see from the wind was coming – Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the Home Computing , did revolution the music business and will revolution the video game business because he now own the best and largest store worldwide and the coolest hardware – It is a new approach where developers could become stronger than publisher or at least as strong – It is a new approach where everybody would have to learn new ways to deal with creators , new ways to market , and even new ways to play . I have left the industry for few years and when I came back instead of finding people looking to the future , I only found people check numbers about what did work by the past to understand what they should copy to make some Dims – It is all wrong Activision Guitar Hero is a killer because it was a new experience coming from nowhere well connected to the worldwide ROCK trend at the same time when fashion , music , etc… was all rock – Visions create the trend and trend creat big hits – Trend Books could only create good bread and butter …

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