Folks I know it's a big business and law day in video game land and that really should mean #VirtualLegality, but to be frank I'm not up for it at present so I'll give you my TLDR thoughts here:
Apple v Epic: ...long story short, the Court looks like they felt Apple was playing games and offending the Court is about the worst thing you can do.
I don't think the Court's decision will hold up on appeal (emotionally driven/exceeds authority), but while you can push the bullet back into the gun, it's a lot harder to fix the wound it just made.
Xbox prices: Like the PS5 Pro setting the Switch pricing window before it, so too has Nintendo's pricing regime given 'permission' for Xbox to up-jump its prices as well.
Further, with confusion about the economy and tariffs running rampant, every industry participant has a useful scapegoat to cover any increasing pain points they want to manifest.
As always, the market will bear what the market will bear, and if I were sitting in these board rooms now does seem to be a clear window to run things up, even if I personally think 'leisure' likely can't support these prices against 'food' and 'shelter' in the near term.
Polygon and Giant Bomb: The economy is not just for consumers and as investment becomes more 'tight' personal and 'vanity' type projects get a closer inspection.
I'm on the side that we need journalists (I'm not 'media must die'), but it's been clear for a while that the 'cultural analysis' and 'personalities play games' subsectors were niche-ing downward so it's not an enormous surprise to see investors agree.
Still sad for those affected, of course, but as the industry 'corrects' we can expect to see adjacent industries (media, accessories, streaming platforms) do the same.
I say we will come out all the stronger, but 'doom and gloom' will likely be the sense from some corners for some time.
I think that's all I had. Go play Expedition 33 and Hundred Line.
Hoeg Law
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Folks I know it's a big business and law day in video game land and that really should mean #VirtualLegality, but to be frank I'm not up for it at present so I'll give you my TLDR thoughts here:
Apple v Epic: ...long story short, the Court looks like they felt Apple was playing games and offending the Court is about the worst thing you can do.
I don't think the Court's decision will hold up on appeal (emotionally driven/exceeds authority), but while you can push the bullet back into the gun, it's a lot harder to fix the wound it just made.
Xbox prices: Like the PS5 Pro setting the Switch pricing window before it, so too has Nintendo's pricing regime given 'permission' for Xbox to up-jump its prices as well.
Further, with confusion about the economy and tariffs running rampant, every industry participant has a useful scapegoat to cover any increasing pain points they want to manifest.
As always, the market will bear what the market will bear, and if I were sitting in these board rooms now does seem to be a clear window to run things up, even if I personally think 'leisure' likely can't support these prices against 'food' and 'shelter' in the near term.
Polygon and Giant Bomb: The economy is not just for consumers and as investment becomes more 'tight' personal and 'vanity' type projects get a closer inspection.
I'm on the side that we need journalists (I'm not 'media must die'), but it's been clear for a while that the 'cultural analysis' and 'personalities play games' subsectors were niche-ing downward so it's not an enormous surprise to see investors agree.
Still sad for those affected, of course, but as the industry 'corrects' we can expect to see adjacent industries (media, accessories, streaming platforms) do the same.
I say we will come out all the stronger, but 'doom and gloom' will likely be the sense from some corners for some time.
I think that's all I had. Go play Expedition 33 and Hundred Line.
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