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Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming

2023/4/26
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Mitch Lasky和Blake Robbins深入探讨了游戏产业商业模式的演变,从早期的盒装游戏到如今的免费游戏、平台型发行商和云游戏等模式。他们认为,商业模式的变化深刻地影响了游戏的设计和内容,并对游戏产业的持久性起到了关键作用。他们还分析了不同游戏公司(如Nintendo、Microsoft、Sony、Tencent)的商业策略,以及平台型发行商的未来发展趋势。 Blake Robbins强调了游戏产业中创意和商业的相互作用,以及商业模式在引导创意发展中的作用。他认为,成功的游戏需要创意和商业的共同合作。 Mitch Lasky分享了他对游戏投资的经验和理念,他更关注游戏公司的长期战略和发行渠道,而非仅仅是游戏内容本身。他认为,拥有发行优势和持续的客户获取能力是游戏公司成功的关键。 他们还讨论了云游戏、电竞和Web3游戏等新兴领域,并对这些领域的发展前景进行了展望。他们认为,云游戏将扩大游戏玩家群体,电竞可以作为有效的营销工具,而Web3游戏需要解决一些关键问题才能真正发展起来。 Then Gilbert和David Rosenthal作为播客主持人,对Mitch Lasky和Blake Robbins的观点进行了总结和补充,并提出了自己的见解。他们也分享了一些游戏产业的历史和发展趋势,以及对未来发展趋势的预测。

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Mitch Lasky, a legendary gaming investor, and Blake Robbins discuss the evolution of gaming business models, from package goods to online distribution and free-to-play, and how these models have influenced the creative side of the industry.
  • Business models, like planned obsolescence in the package goods era, have significantly shaped game design.
  • The shift to online distribution and free-to-play revolutionized gaming consumption and creation.
  • Intendo's clever inventory strategies, like limited Black Friday releases, reflect their luxury good approach.

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We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to discuss the history and future of gaming business models. This episode is the perfect bookend to our Nintendo/Sega gaming series this season on Acquired — no one is more qualified than Mitch and Blake to breakdown how the business side of the industry has evolved so radically from the Periscope quarter-drop days to the forever games and platform based publishers of today.

Regardless if you’re a gamer, understanding the incredible innovation that’s taken place over the past two decades in gaming and what it portends for other industries is critical for any founder and investor to understand. Tune in!

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