Bret on Social Games
Reasonably Good Analysis of the Social Games Industry
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Why Developers Should Never Agree to an Earnout...
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A few years ago, Disney bought Club Penguin for $700 million....oops, I guess it was $350 million. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/285...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Hotel City. Playfish is Back! 3M DAU Projected in the First 8 Weeks
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Per the headline, I'm projecting 3M DAU in the first 8 weeks. That would be unprecedented for a Playfish title, but makes good linkbait...
Friday, March 12, 2010
Gravity Bear Gets It All Wrong: 5 Common Mistakes of Traditional Game Developers Entering the Social Space
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I must be in a critical mood, I apologize in advance to Gravity Bear who did make a well-polished game and doesn't deserve to be my whip...
Monday, January 11, 2010
Thank You, Jameson Hsu: Mochi Media Acquired for $80 million
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For the first time in about a year have I been inspired to write a post. It's not for lack of ideas or analysis, those nuggets have bee...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Scrabulous (oops Lexulous) offers a mobile version
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Mobile is hot. And the movement of social to mobile is even hotter. But I did not expect Lexulous to offer a mobile version. And I did no...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
iPhone Current Demographics - Gender
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There's a pretty strong data (albeitly indirect) that most current iPhone owners are men 25-35. However, if you take a look at the curre...
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