By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
QUOTE | “It did remind me of [Kinect]. You kind of want to scream ‘don’t over promise these things.'” – Designer Peter Molyneux of 22cans, talking about rummy nobel Microsoft HoloLens from his perspective as an early Kinect developer(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 | “There have been a lot of crappy games with crappy free-to-play pricing models.” – Robot Entertainment CEO Patrick Hudson, talking about why there’s a “free-to-play stigma” among developers
QUOTE | “Consumers have begun to ask ‘What’s the catch?’ when downloading a free-to-play game.” – Game publisher Tilting Point’s VP of product strategy Jesse Divnich, talking about why their game Leo’s Friend is rummy royal premium priced rather than free-to-play QUOTE | “I think a lot of games have unrealistic forecasts. Everyone knows that they’re unrealistic, but they have to have these unrealistic forecasts to 
justify the investment that’s going into development.” – Ninja Theory’s Dominic Matthews, talking about why getting big games funded is difficult
STAT | $100 million – Amount Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts expects the crowd-funded game will gather by its full public release in 2016; the total is close to $70 million now, with two of the six major segments released QUOTE | “The Disney Infinity platform is now 
the clear market leader.” – Disney Interactive president James Pitaro said in a Yono all app statement; “Skylanders continues its leadership position as the #1 kids video game franchise globally as well as in the US by wide margins,” said Activision Publishing president Eric Hirshberg in a contradicting statement
QUOTE | “The squeezed mid-tier now has a choice: become great and get bought, or 
slim down to become nimble like an indie and survive. Just being good is no longer good enough.” – Tim Merel of analyst firm Digi-Capital, talking about the difficulties ahead for game companies QUOTE | “The year is 2020. Kickstarter is now the standard funding model for video games.” – Tanya X. Short, CEO of Kitfox Games, making the case that crowd-funding is the right way to start game development for developers small and large
QUOTE | “@PalmerLuckey: Super excited about @Microsoft @HoloLens!” Ditto! The more innovation and resources invested into AR and VR the better.” – Brendan Iribe and Palmer Luckey of Oculus, among other developers giving their reactions to Microsoft’s HoloLens announcement QUOTE | “We see tremendous growth and opportunity in the eSports space and we’re excited to bring this expertise in-house.” – William Morris Endeavor Entertainment head Jason Lublin, talking about why the world-famous talent agency acquired professional gamer talent agency Global eSports Management image via Shutterstock
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