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Insight
Schafer: Traditional Publisher Cross-Collateralization Hurts Individual Creators
“If you're in a studio and you have a bunch of, say you have a bunch of bands, your music studio, You know not all of them are going to be the Rolling Stones, and the Rolling Stones are going to pay for all the other bands, but you cross-prolateralize so that, …”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:32 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
Disclosure
Schafer: Crowdfunding Gave Double Fine Direct Player Access And Creative Autonomy
“What happened with us in crowdfunding has allowed us to have just so much more creative control, and a more natural relationship with people who we make games for, because they're funding our games, and we're directly in contact with them.”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:20 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
Opinion
Schafer: Mainstream Video Games Lack Genre Diversity Compared To Film
“In mainstream games, you still have, for the majority sense, like, summer action blockbusters. They're mostly all in that genre, if you know, and I think indie games kind of, you know, have stretched out of that, for sure, but just the idea that, that That peo…”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:11 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
Assertion Supported
Schafer: Double Fine Set Kickstarter Record For Fastest $2 Million Raised
“We had like the most, most backers. Most backers. It was like fastest two million bucks.”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:22 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
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