Keep wishing for the mass market not to evolve away from your beloved, hard core console AAA titles, people. Keep denying that smart phone mobile gaming with digital distribution has already disrupted console retail as it is more accessible, cheaper and better suited to the short attention spans of the ...
Narrative designers should try making a game with nothing but counters and dice and no story. System designers should try making a game that is about telling a story. Monetizers should try making something that people care deeply about. And grump grump all the theorists should try actually reading the ...
I could not find exact figures for 2011, but according to their 10-K statement Apple had 4.1 Billion in revenue from their iTunes app store in 2010 all types of content, including apps . r n r nJust apps from Google and Apple accounted for 2.2 Billion in 2010 according ...
It makes sense to me that a virtual currency does not work well for real-world items, but as a game developer I would think the abstracted virtual currency would sell more of virtual items in the same way that the abstracted poker chip currency makes the gamblers spend more in ...
Nice article. r n r nI notice that many new freemium developers will make a game that is fun and then at the very last minute tack on a freemium economy with limited monetization hooks and in my mind that is a sure fire way to miss all revenue targets. ...
Nice piece, Gamasutra. I missed it the first time around 2007 . It would be interesting to update it with the trials and tribulations EA has experienced with much of the rest of the industry over the past 5 years.
Great piece, Gamasutra. It would be great to see it updated to 2012. r n r nI would also love to see more historical articles like this. r n r n r n r nThe correct order of gem puzzle in the Immortal: Left, Right, Center.
