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Video: Acquisitions are bad for games and I CANNOT believe this needs to be said

February 2, 2022
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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…

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September 10, 2020
Opinion/subscription services/Video/Video review/Xbox Games Pass

Video 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…

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Subscriptions are not good for video games

July 29, 2020
Financial results/Opinion/subscription services

Opinion 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…

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Nintendo’s paid online service is a joke

May 8, 2018
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Opinion 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…

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Nintendo needs to start offering a subscription service, and soon

January 30, 2015
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Opinion 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…

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The PlayStation 4; don’t be surprised if it is “free” at launch

February 4, 2013
Gaikai/Music Unlimited/PlayStation/PlayStation 4/PlayStation Plus/Sony/subscription services

It’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…

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May 22, 2012
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Up 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,…

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Why Call of Duty: Elite is a good idea

June 14, 2011
Call of Duty/Elite/Opinion/subscription services

There’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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Why Call of Duty: Elite is a good idea

June 14, 2011
Call of Duty/Elite/Opinion/subscription services

There’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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