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Next-gen expectations overshadowed E3 | Opinion

Rather than being a final hurrah for the current generation, E3 highlighted expectations that most upcoming titles will bridge next year's hardware transition

June 14, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Are we witnessing the end of the console wars? | Opinion

Sony and Microsoft's controllers appearing onstage at an Apple keynote speaks to a new landscape where former rivals are working together

June 7, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Ten years after Farmville, Zynga's still standing | Opinion

Zynga's rapid rise was matched only by the speed of its fall from grace -- but its turnaround in recent years has been a dramatic third act

May 31, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Putting PlayStation on the silver screen

Efforts to adapt games to TV and film have generally been poorly received -- but the cultural and business climate we're in may be perfect for Sony's new venture

May 24, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Apple ruling opens a can of worms for digital storefronts | Opinion

The Supreme Court ruling could open the floodgate to consumer lawsuits for digital stores -- including the content of developer agreements

May 17, 2019 Rob Fahey

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EA and Activision need to show us something new | Opinion

The industry's biggest publishers now focus on pumping old franchises for incremental growth rather than honing their ability to create the next big thing

May 10, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Nintendo remains the industry's best long-term bet | Opinion

With Switch soaring and clear space ahead as competitors prepare next-gen offerings, Nintendo is back on top - and the long-term outlook is even more rosy

April 26, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Diverging paths: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's radically different visions | Opinion

After decades of platform holders releasing similar hardware, we should celebrate their new, wildly different visions of gaming's future

April 19, 2019 Rob Fahey

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"Accessibility" and "difficulty" aren't the same thing | Opinion

The debate about Sekiro rapidly descended into straw-man bashing over "easy modes" -- differently abled gamers' needs are being lost in this mess

April 12, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Pre-order refunds could force publishers to shift priorities | Opinion

If a bad or unfinished product isn't cushioned by revenues from pre-orders, it changes the arithmetic of launching games -- for the better

April 5, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Apple's Arcade can succeed - if it aims at families | Opinion

New service can avoid joining a decade of “noble failures” trying to create alternatives to F2P by focusing on children and parents

March 29, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Google Stadia can succeed if it follows Fortnite's footsteps | Opinion

Pitching the new streaming service as a competitor to PlayStation is bound to failure, but there is a market that Google could cultivate and own

March 22, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Kicking off the streaming wars | Opinion

GDC 2019: Industry giants have decided that the medium's future lies in streaming - but success is far from assured even for enormous players like Google and Amazon

March 15, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Anthem's launch and the power of the sunk-cost fallacy | Opinion

Bioware's latest is one of the most egregiously unfinished and broken launches in many years, but these games often get free pass - for now

March 8, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Is Red Dead Redemption Online tanking Take-Two's share price? | Opinion

Despite fantastic sales, Take-Two can't catch a break - perhaps because investors expected RDR2 to be something it simply isn't

March 1, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Crackdown 3 shows a vision of the future | Opinion

The new Xbox title points toward the radical changes that Game Pass will bring to the industry's commercial and cultural landscape

Feb. 22, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Stubbornness over cross-play reminds us of bad old Sony | Opinion

After opening up cross-play for major titles, Sony is now dragging its feet -- putting smaller developers at a disadvantage and confusing its consumers

Feb. 15, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Fortnite alone can't explain tumbling game stocks

The industry's biggest firms have lost around 13% of their value in the past week, and many are down a third in recent months

Feb. 8, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Epic vs Steam: Exclusives raise the stakes | Opinion

Epic is Steam's first real competitor in years - with console-war style exclusive tactics being a controversial, but fair, escalation of the struggle

Feb. 1, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Talking up the positives about gaming | Opinion

Hbomberguy's wonderful charity Twitch marathon has made headlines -- let's boost these stories, instead of letting trolls and misanthropes define our medium

Jan. 25, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Changing industry economics let Bungie forge a new destiny | Opinion

The idea of a developer operating an expensive online game would once have seemed ludicrous -- Bungie's new independence shows how much has changed

Jan. 18, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Free-to-play shutdowns risk a consumer backlash in 2019 | Opinion

Aggressive closures of underperforming free-to-play games has resulted in more virtual “property” being destroyed -- a backlash is looming

Jan. 11, 2019 Rob Fahey

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The UK industry stares down a Brexit disaster

2018 in Review: There are no silver linings to Brexit for the UK industry, as uncertainty and the threat of No Deal create a difficult business climate

Dec. 14, 2018 Rob Fahey

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Epic has actually listened to developers

An attractive revenue share isn't Epic's biggest promise for its new digital store; for many creators, a platform free of Steam's often-abused community features is essential

Dec. 7, 2018 Rob Fahey

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Nintendo bets heavily on the holidays

While Sony and Microsoft have spread sales over the year, Nintendo is laser-focused on the holiday season - and this year it needs every Switch sale it can get

Nov. 30, 2018 Rob Fahey