This Week In The Business_ Our Prices Are Insane

QUOTE | “If you want to sell a game for $60, to the player it has to feel like $200…In 2014, $60 for a game is a little insane.” – Creative director Adrian Chmielarz talking about the lessons of Bulletstorm and the problem with prices(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “We have to rigorously pursue install-base numbers. The biggest driver for our network business will be the PlayStation 4 .” – Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, emphasizing the importance of the PlayStation 4 to the company’s future QUOTE | “I have no intent to do anything different with Xbox than we are doing today.” – New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, reassuring the public that he has no plans to sell the Xbox business QUOTE | “You’ve got to listen to what they want…and those people wanted w69 เข้าสู่ระบบ​ a Kinect-less Xbox One.” – Capy Games cofounder Nathan h25 com สล็อต​ Vella, talking about why he liked Microsoft’s decision to create a $399 Xbox One QUOTE | “Success buys freedom. It’s really just as simple as that.” – Massive Entertainment’s David Polfeldt talking about Ubisoft, F2P and new technology, and how you get to do what you want QUOTE | “It seems quite obvious that Red Dead is a permanent franchise… or Borderlands, for example, and NBA and others.” – Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, talking about which franchises will see sequels, including GTA of course. QUOTE | “It’s not just an ESO thing… It doesn’t matter the way that we want to do it – it has to fit their requirements.” – Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines, explaining the delay of The Elder Scrolls Online for consoles is partly because of the console requirements QUOTE | “[Art] is usually the single biggest tripping point for Western devs hoping to reach Japan.” – Shintaro Kanaoya, founder and CEO of Chorus Worldwide, giving tips on how to make Western games successful in Japan QUOTE | “Games aren’t going to be in their own little world anymore. They’re going to become something really important for society.” – Improbable CEO Herman Narula, talking about his company’s mission to change nearly everything H25 สล็อต about game worlds Image via Shutterstock