Video by Matt S. There have been several massive acquisitions made in recent weeks, as consolidation in the industry marches ever closer to monopolistic behaviour from a couple of mega-corporations. What is incredible is that there are people out there that actually believe that this is a good thing, that…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. With all the excitement that has been circling around the new Xboxes from Microsoft this week, people have also been getting very excited about Game Pass, Microsoft’s “Netflix for games” subscription service that gives you access to over 100 games already… and just this week EA…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. There’s a great piece over at Gamasutra, titled “are platforms devaluing games to gain market share?” It looks at how, between free game giveaways by the likes of the Epic Game Store, and subscription-based services such as what Microsoft’s doing, people are accumulating more games that…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s been a while coming. Before the Nintendo Switch was even released Nintendo was promising customers that at some point down the track its online services would transition to become a monthly subscription service, much as Sony and Microsoft have done. And now, a little over…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Nintendo recently updated the market on its financial performance, as listed companies are required to do quarterly. The results were not great. While operating profit for the company increased by close to 50 per cent on a year-on-year basis when compared to the October-December time frame…
Read MoreIt’s Monday, so I’m going to use that as my excuse for some out-there thinking. That and our weekly discussion on what we’d like to see happen with the PlayStation 4 has inspired me to thought. For today’s musing I’m going to looking at a possible sales model for Sony’s…
Read MoreUp against the likes of Steam and Origin, GamersGate needed to do something to differentiate itself. That’s exactly what its doing in launching VOID, an ad-supported game consumption service. It launches in Scandinavia, the US and Canada very shortly with the UK soon after (and Australia?). What is it? Well,…
Read MoreThere’s been a bit of controversy over the Call of Duty: Elite service, and whether subscription services on top of the price of a retail game are a good idea. Ignoring the fact that anything that has Bobby Kotick’s business intelligence behind it is going to annoy a lot of…
Read MoreThere’s been a bit of controversy over the Call of Duty: Elite service, and whether subscription services on top of the price of a retail game are a good idea. Ignoring the fact that anything that has Bobby Kotick’s business intelligence behind it is going to annoy a lot of…
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