Opinion (Page 22)

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Alex St. John: Shut up and be grateful for your 80 hour weeks

"Wage slaves" should "shake off mental shackles" says multi-millionaire. [UPDATE: St. John's daughter blasts his "toddler meltdown"]

April 21, 2016 Dan Pearson

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What causes indie games to fail?

Studios are seeing diminishing returns, but most of those can be attributed to crucial misunderstandings of market realities

April 15, 2016 Rob Fahey

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How Camouflaj cheated death in a volatile industry

Ryan Payton outlines the many twists and turns his studio had to take in realizing République

April 13, 2016 Ryan Payton

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How will developers make money from VR?

Price pressure is going to set in early for the all-digital platforms; game creators will need to explore how people are willing to pay

April 8, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Oblivion's Horse Armor was ahead of its time

10 years ago this month, Bethesda launched its notorious DLC, "Microsoft will inevitably succeed in Japan," and Nintendo learned no lessons from the GameCube

April 6, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

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Sony's making a big mistake by not addressing PS4.5 rumors

With stories flying of 4K, doubled GPU speeds and upgrades essential for PSVR, Sony needs to get back out in front of the narrative

April 1, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Wii U won't make it to Christmas, so what's next?

Newspaper reports of Wii U production ending are substantiated by Japanese retail shortages - indicating an NX announcement sooner rather than later

March 25, 2016 Rob Fahey

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The biggest non-VR stories at GDC 2016

There was actually plenty to talk about at GDC that wasn't related to virtual reality

March 23, 2016 James Brightman

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Roundtable: What we learned about VR at GDC

Virtual reality is a current reality, but its future remains a question mark - the GI.biz team reflects on VR we saw during GDC

March 22, 2016 GamesIndustry.biz

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What Miitomo really means to Nintendo

The first fruit of the firm's DeNA partnership is a very strange app - but offers clear evidence of a commitment to mobile, and ability to learn fast

March 22, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Why VR is not the most important trend at GDC

The democratisation of game engines and creative tools is the most exciting movement in games this decade - and the best is yet to come

March 18, 2016 Rob Fahey

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VR: The time for tech demos is over

Sony opens VR battle with powerful opening salvo in Star Wars Battlefront; Oculus and Valve must respond with high-quality software reveals

March 16, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Can we please make sure that mobile VR won't suck?

Mobile is the next, and arguably most important, frontier in the rollout of virtual reality, says SuperData's Joost van Dreunen

March 14, 2016 Joost van Dreunen

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Microsoft needs to clearly articulate its vision for PC gaming

Developer unrest over the UWP is justified; MS has not earned the benefit of the doubt, and has a responsibility to be transparent with its partners

March 11, 2016 Rob Fahey

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10 Years Ago This Month - March 2006

Lionhead nearly acquired by Ubisoft, Iwata keynotes GDC in San Jose, and we reveal Sony's PlayStation Now plans about nine years too early

March 10, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

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Expectations mount for NX in 2016

Less and less time remains before the putative year-end launch for Nintendo's latest; is a console launch in this window even possible, let alone desirable?

March 4, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Microsoft hints at its Xbox endgame

Phil Spencer gave glimpses of a future for Xbox with short product cycles and a smartphone-like business model

March 2, 2016 Rob Fahey

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There's still merit in console secrecy

Not every studio gets the access needed to develop launch titles for new consoles - but there are solid commercial and economic reasons for that

Feb. 26, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Smartphones that rival console performance are not a threat

Smartphone chipsets that rival the performance of the PS4 in late 2017 isn't a threat to consoles; the usage context remains entirely different

Feb. 19, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Apple's Binding of Creativity

For a company which spent decades trying to appeal to creatives, Apple's prudish and wilfully inconsistent approach to games is an embarrassment

Feb. 12, 2016 Rob Fahey

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ESA: SuperData's critique on us "gratuitous, misinformed"

Rich Taylor, ESA's Senior VP, Communications and Industry Affairs, responds to Joost van Dreunen's opinion piece

Feb. 9, 2016 Rich Taylor

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The ESA must adapt or die

SuperData CEO Joost van Dreunen argues that the trade body no longer actually represents the industry and must step up its game

Feb. 5, 2016 Joost van Dreunen

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No, Nintendo isn't going to make VR games

Saying it's “looking into” VR is merely Nintendo acknowledging VR's existence; the tech itself is anathema to Nintendo's whole design philosophy

Feb. 5, 2016 Rob Fahey

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EA's absence from E3 is not a death knell

The ESA's centerpiece has technically lost a key publisher, but this is a step closer to evolution than dissolution

Jan. 29, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

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PlayStation's move to America won't change its DNA

Shifting the base of SCE from Tokyo to California seems dramatic - but PlayStation has always been an impressively international enterprise

Jan. 29, 2016 Rob Fahey