Gamesbrief - The Business of Games

I’m so excited that the Kickstarter I’m part of has funded.
I’ve recently stepped up from a non-executive role at Spilt Milk to an executive one. I’m still part time (I hate you, long Covid), but I’m much more involved.
And the biggest thing I’m involved in is Trash Goblin, a cosy trinket-cleaning game, Powerwash Simulator for the RPG crowd....

I’ve been very quiet at Gamesbrief for a while. As many of you may know, I caught Covid in May 2022, and I have had Long Covid ever since. In January 2023, I was lucky to be able to have a shower and eat three meals – the rest of my day was spent in...

I’m spending some time getting back up to speed on the major players in the games sector as part of my increased involvement in Hiro Capital, and this chart in the Activision Blizzard annual report leaped out at me:
Microsoft was less than 10% of Activision Blizzard’s revenue. Sony was more, and the two main mobile platforms were about 1/3 of the total....

I’ve recently been asked to think about what rising inflation (8.2% in the UK in June; 9.1% over the last 12 months in the US) means for the video game industry. There are three areas to think about:
the impact on prices
the impact on costs