PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social media has a knack for bringing niche topics to the attention of a large audience. For example, the DIY home improvement retail market was valued at $848.20B in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.73% from 2022 to 2030. You thought you were alone in your appreciation of tie-dye or pop-its?

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Mobile Gaming Media Mobile Mobile 104

AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This digital transformation wave affected several industries, from retail to healthcare, from hospitality to financial services. Governance & Compliance Governance is an important topic for any gaming company, even those that don’t venture outside the traditional model of selling game copies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

Something that recent events have revealed it’s still an unresolved topic. For example, many mention things like EVE Online's “black market” or World of Warcraft gold retailers as predecessors of play-to-earn. It can only be positive-sum for very specific players under very specific conditions.

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Asset Games Content Concepts 59

CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Oliver Harbour tolerated his retail management job, but it didn't fulfill him. The curriculum covered many topics from cinematic storytelling, lighting and color theory, trading card and gaming art to illustrating book covers. So, Oliver enrolled in CG Spectrum's Advanced Digital Illustration Course.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

Polygon has a huge ecosystem of games, art collections, big retail brands (like Starbucks), and so many more. Another example of changing priorities and consolidating resources can be seen in the partnership between Polygon and IMX.

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Games Polygon Studios Cross platform 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you replaced Gamestop with a staid company like Sherwin-Williams Paint, retail traders would show far less interest. A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. The reveal itself can be engrossing.

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Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 18, 2004

Starting a company that will self-publish the game into retail channels is a huge undertaking and would require some significant capital. It's also hard to become a retail based publisher with a single game. You need several games to have any clout with the retailers. Retail Distribution. Retail $29 = Wholesale $22.

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