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  • Sony shows it doesn’t yet understand the smartphone threat

    In an interview with Gamasutra, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida says that working with small games and indies will be vital to the success of Vita. It's statements show how little Sony understand of the free-to-play revolution...

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  • Your quick guide to metrics

    I recently gave a talk at the Social Games Summit in Berlin about metrics in free-to-play games. Basicually, it's a quick-start guide to using the online games spreadsheet to start tracking your games' success and figuring out...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • A debate on free-to-play

    Cliff Harris and I exchange views on free-to-play gaming, and then share the conversation with you.

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Why your game should be free to play

    If you were to believe free-to-play evangelists like ngmoco’s Ben Cousins or PopCap’s Giordano Contestabile, then anyone asking whether or not free-to-play is a fad has missed the boat. It’s not the future anymore, they argue, because...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • How a pricing dilemma opened our eyes to advertisements

    Pixeleap is a relatively new indie studio with four developers. When we were about to release our second game, Vendespillet, we wanted to offer it for free. We talked about in app purchases, but we did not...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Steam is beginning to embrace Free-to-play

    Steam is beginning to embrace free-to-play games in what has been a bastion of upfront paid-for games. So it is incredibly pleasing to see a game I have been working on for nearly three years become the second...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Five reasons why you shouldn’t use Ads in your free game

    I am not a believer in the ad-supported business model. Too many people (mainly those working in traditional media) believe that free=ad-supported. This is flawed, and wrong, and dangerous for your business. Here are my five reasons why...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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