gaming industry

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2016 by David Helgason · across every show →

Everything said about gaming industry, oldest first

Jul 22, 2016 negative
Opinion
Helgason: Overreliance on microtransactions creates an unhealthy gaming monoculture
“It's really just healthy for the ecosystem to have, like, many different ways of monetizing, and, you know, it's become a bit too much of a monoculture in some ways, like, the people that are making all the money are doing the same thing with microtransactions…”
David Helgason Jul 22, 2016 ▶ 9:08 20VC: Unity 3D's David Helgason on Building a $bn Business, Getting Funded By Sequoia and Powering The Pokemon Revolution
Mar 17, 2017 negative
Insight
Chou: Venture capital is as hit-driven as the gaming industry
“I would say that that is the exact description of a VC's business. You may have a big hit, but you may not ever have another one.”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 4:41 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
Oct 27, 2017 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Sideman: Gaming industry reached $100B annually, double Hollywood's size
“And, you know, that's why the gaming industry bypassed Hollywood in size. It's around a hundred billion a year versus Hollywood at less than 50.”
Adi Sideman Oct 27, 2017 ▶ 4:55 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Insight
Jason Citron says building a durable gaming company requires a distribution advantage
“The thesis back in 2012, at the time, my sense was that the way you built a durable company in gaming over time was you actually needed to have some kind of established distribution advantage, and so I kind of put these things together and thought that, like, …”
Jason Citron Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 5:46 Jason Citron, Co-Founder/CEO @Discord: The Untold Story Behind Scaling to 200M Users | E1230 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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