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The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming

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This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS. The DS appealed to a broad demographic, transcending traditional gaming boundaries.

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Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Pokemon Battle Revolution

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Gameplay: This is almost purely a Pokemon battle simulator, and while it could be used without a Nintendo DS, it really encouraged players to link up their portable systems playing Pokemon Pearl and Diamond with their Wii in order to both control their characters and use their game’s various Pokemon on the TV. It’s Pokemon Battle Revolution.

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Quick question. I often hear people say “digital games should be cheaper than physical games because you aren’t getting a tangible item.” Do you guys actually factor the cost of cart/disc, case, and paperwork printing into the *MSRP* of a game?

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As an example, the cost of old DS cartridges ranged from $3.50 Factor in additional percentages being taken out like platform, retailer cut, licensing, etc. I'll reference Mark Darrah's retrospective on Sonic: Dark Brotherhood for this next bit. each to $10.50 and the cost difference between a $3.50 cartridge and a $10.50

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How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

The Bs recruit Cs and Ds. The other piece, I would say, I agree with the hiring point, but that the complicated thing about shipping fast, though, today in which you have some teams that are really reasonably saying, look, if we want to compete on this platform, on this, in this genre, it just takes 18 months to make the game.

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