CODA A sideways look at the games industry
THE INDUSTRY IN 140 CHARACTERS A month in tweets by the industry elite
@raphkoster I had ppl ask what "ludic percentage"
was defined as. I think it is # of verbs that are inputs to 'formal games' div by total verbs in game
(Raph Koster) July 11th
@Jonathan_Blow I am really enjoying doing the math
in this online quantum computation course. Math is nice once one has a certain seasonedness. (Jonathan Blow, Number None) July 12th
@rhipratchett Thank god! After 2 years I can now
talk about what I've been working on. I'm the lead writer on the new Tomb Raider.
(Rhianna Pratchett, writer) July 12th
@CharlesCecil Demand noted – announcement
coming soon RT @dazsinuk: @CharlesCecil Broken Sword 5. I demand it forthwith! Please put us out of our misery! (Charles Cecil, Revolution) July 14th
@TimOfLegend Every developer currently
negotiating a pub deal: demand your IP rights! If only 1% win, it's still easier for the next developer! (Tim Schafer, Double Fine) July 16th
@Doctoe Meeting at the Home Office today.
They had doors like they #spooks has and I had to be escorted to the toilets #ukie
(Jo Twist, UKIE) July 16th
@dantausney No one is criticising 50 Shades for
being over-sexualised. They're criticising it for being terrible, google- researched, misogynistic trash. (Dan Tausney, Chillingo) July 17th
@danpinchbeck #dearesther has now sold over
250,000 copies since launch. We always said we'd celebrate if we shifted 20,000.
(Dan Pinchbeck, thechineseroom) July 18th
@therealcliffyb Shareware: The original indie and
free-to-play games. #oldschool
(Cliff Bleszinski, Epic) July 19th
@BenjaminCousins Bigpoint lay off staff, move out of
mobile because competition is too great. Same thing will happen to them in F2P.
(Ben Cousins, ngmoco) July 19th
AN OPEN MIND MICHAEL PACHTER
We return to the grey matter of the industry analyst after a 20-month hiatus to hear his thoughts on the Wii U and cardboard games platforms
18% John
Riccitiello’s fears
21%
Nintendo’s cardboard console
61% the Wii U
Telling an audience at the Develop in Brighton Conference why the concept of the Wii U bewilders him: “I don’t get it. I think that essentially this is a solution in search of a problem. I mean, somebody had an idea – ‘let's make the controller a tablet’ – and there aren’t many games that are going to take advantage of that.
Still on stage, this time pondering the success of Nintendo’s various platforms: Hardcore gamers will buy them; hardcore Nintendo fanboys will buy it. They could put out a piece of cardboard and say that it'll play Mario and they'll buy it.”
And finally, on EA boss John Riccitiello’s supposed worries: “I had lunch with John Riccitiello last week. He was asking me why no one wants to buy his stock, He doesn’t understand what’s going wrong.”
IT FIGURES : THE OUYA CONSOLE
In the less than twoweeks from the Ouya hackable console’s Kickstarter debut to the time of writing, 42,322 backers have pledged a total of $5,410,978, massively exceeding the $950,000 goal set by the hardware platform’s creators. Costing $99 at retail, the Ouya is built around a Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and boasts 8GB of RAM, 8GB of internal flash storage, and runs on the Android 4.0 ICS. So far the platform has one single exclusive game; namely Human Element by studio Robotoki, the boss of whom is one of the seven thus far to pledge $10,000 or more to the project. Meanwhile 1,312 have offered $10 of their hard-earned cash. It is due for release in March 2013.
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