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YouTube’s Downfall advice: Contest the takedown
Following the news that Constantin Film has, in my view stupidly, issued takedowns for the many parodies using short clips of its movie Downfall, the backlash has started. YouTube has recommended that anyone who has a video...
- Posted 15 years ago
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CORRECTION: Ankama are making €40 million in revenue
I posted yesterday that Ankama was making €210 million a year in revenue from Dofus. Boy, was I wrong. By a factor of 5. In my defence, I said it was 4x higher than any previous estimate...
- Posted 15 years ago
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€210 million a year from a free game? Ankama’s Dofus rakes in the revenue
CORRECTION: Boy, was this figure out. Further research suggests that the company’s revenue is nearer €30-40 million. You can see my revised estimate for Dofus revenues here. * * * Eurogamer reports from the Ankama Convention in...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Are Constantin Film the stupidest company in the entire world?
Constantin Film are the company behind Downfall, a reasonably successful German-language movie based on the final days of Hitler. Downfall has grossed $92 million at the box office since it was released in 2004. It has also...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Game Over, Britain
The news last week that Indian company Reliance had purchased a 50% stake in Codemasters got me thinking. My conclusion: Britain no longer matters for games publishing. And then there were none Once upon a time, Britain...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Why it’s time to stop wondering “where should we go from here?”
Why are start-up strategy sessions so myopic? I spend a lot of time with companies thinking about the long-term strategy. And in every case, they start with the wrong question. They ask “Where should we go from...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Free doesn’t work? Try telling that to Jagex making £38m from one free game, RuneScape…
I’ve just been digging through the past five years of Jagex’s financial results. Being English, the company has to file its accounts at Companies House, which means that we get a great insight into their numbers. (American...
- Posted 15 years ago