Comments on: Web 2.0 and the games industry ostriches http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/ A veteran's view on marketing games Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Bruce Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:21 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/#comment-135 Here is a game http://www.flyinglab.com/pirates/ship-faq.php where they freely admit that some of the user generated content is actually better than the studio generated content. Here is a game http://www.flyinglab.com/pirates/ship-faq.php where they freely admit that some of the user generated content is actually better than the studio generated content.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Bruce Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:35:35 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/#comment-42 Thanks Murray, It is nice that Steam now has 180 games, 13 million users and has added the social networking features that are so important. I am sure that ultimately it will make far more money for Valve than Half-Life and Counter-Strike combined. Thanks Murray,
It is nice that Steam now has 180 games, 13 million users and has added the social networking features that are so important. I am sure that ultimately it will make far more money for Valve than Half-Life and Counter-Strike combined.

]]> By: Murray Rigluth http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Murray Rigluth Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:58:39 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/08/09/web-v2-and-the-game-industry-ostriches/#comment-2 Bruce, a very fair and balanced argument - there has been a general shift towards an 'online' sales channel, but in all fairness the people making the decisions still see 'Retail' as king and are too frightened of 'Retail' and their alleged power, to deviate from the 'norm' Keep up the good blogging a very interesting and informative read - I especially liked the piece on censorship. Bruce, a very fair and balanced argument – there has been a general shift towards an ‘online’ sales channel, but in all fairness the people making the decisions still see ‘Retail’ as king and are too frightened of ‘Retail’ and their alleged power, to deviate from the ‘norm’

Keep up the good blogging a very interesting and informative read – I especially liked the piece on censorship.

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