On December 27, 2013, Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo told us to bookmark a post and check back three years later. So we did. And now, at the end of 2016, we can finally see how soothsayer Michael Pachter’s 2013 predictions turned out.
This Week In The Business: Layoff Season
QUOTE | “London Studio have done a great job in leading the way in VR development…” – A Sony representative announcing a round of layoffs at the PlayStation VR Worlds developer just weeks before the team’s game and the PSVR headset launch.
This Week In The Business: Conventional Wis-dumb
QUOTE | “The reality of doing business in the games industry is much more nuanced than prevailing industry opinions would suggest, namely because those opinions lack appropriate context.” – Butterscotch Shenanigans’ Sam Coster explains why the studio ignored everyone telling it a simultaneous mobile-PC launch for its Crashlands was a terrible idea.
This Week In The Business: Backtracking, Flip-Flopping, And Other Changing Plans
QUOTE | “What’s changed is that there is proof in the market that people want it…” – EA Studios executive VP Patrick Soderlund on the company’s reversal when it comes to remastered re-releases of games. Less than a year ago, EA’s Peter Moore decried the practice as a sign companies had run out of ideas.
This Week In The Business: Pokemon Stop!
QUOTE | “Nobody gets sleep anymore. How is this acceptable? … They hang out on our lawns, trample landscaping, look in vehicles… We don’t feel safe… I don’t feel safe sitting on our porch.” – A lawsuit filed by a Detroit-area couple because Pokemon Go put Pokestops and gyms near their property and players had become a nuisance.
This Week In The Business: Pokemon Stop!
QUOTE | “Nobody gets sleep anymore. How is this acceptable? … They hang out on our lawns, trample landscaping, look in vehicles… We don’t feel safe… I don’t feel safe sitting on our porch.” – A lawsuit filed by a Detroit-area couple because Pokemon Go put Pokestops and gyms near their property and players had become a nuisance.