Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

In the mobile free to play area, additional capital also means the ability to fund long payback games at scale (e.g., Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). Apex Legends, Call of Duty Mobile, etc.)

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. It’s no surprise to any readers of this newsletter that Apple set off a nuclear warhead into the heart of the mobile games business with IDFA deprecation, under the thin veil of user privacy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Although most of them come from the F2P mobile sector, the industry has observed professionals transitioning from the PC/console space to focus on developing AAA-quality blockchain games. For example, Gala Games acquired Ember Entertainment at the beginning of 2023 in order to bring Ember’s portfolio onto their platform.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The departure announcements of not one but two industry icons in a single week juxtaposed with a woman taking the reigns at a leading firm suggests interactive entertainment as a whole is gearing up for its next decade of growth. Marketing spend is spiraling and even Apple has started fencing with AAA titles for their devices.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. So, setting their sites on a subscription-based offering on mobile does sound like a more approachable business that Netflix would consider. These games could be a console, pc, or mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

Of course, it’s important not to reduce it to 1 or 2 like today’s mobile gaming, but I hope we can do better than that… Written by Ahmetcan Demirel ?️ This insider look at what Andrei has learned from 12 years contributing to some of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world is one for the history books. CoD Warzone Goes P2W!

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Added: A helpful comparison here would be to look at Black Isle’s 1997 game Fallout , along with Obsidian Entertainment’s 2019 game Outer Worlds. AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else. It can’t just be an automatic, straightforward thing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Compared to more demanding models that may monetize much more, but also risk burning their players because regular people simply can’t spend $500+ in a game per month before they consider if there aren’t better ways to spend their moment on entertainment. According to Game Refinery , Call of Duty Mobile is testing a similar feature.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We can say with more confidence than ever that gaming is at the heart of media and entertainment. For the past decade, we’ve looked at mobile gaming as the driver of gaming growth, both in terms of new players and revenue generated. The report describes that AAA games released on modern platforms cost $200 million or more to produce.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Even the ones that exist on mobile cannot push for mass adoption, because there is no clarity as to how blockchain games are positioned. This will prevent Apple from making any changes in the App Store while getting their cut from those blockchain games for every primary sale done inside the mobile app.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

You should be fine as a player to be in that situation since you traded money for entertainment value just like any other game. On the other hand, they might want to sell them simply because they got bored and don’t want to continue playing it even if it means being net negative monetarily.

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