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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
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Schafer: YouTube Streaming Has Replaced Traditional Game Promotion
“Which I think is how things get promoted these days. It's just everyone talking about it. Kind of, it used to be called water coolers, but I think it's obviously just YouTube streams.”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:15 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
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Schafer: Narrative Games Require Three Months Work Per Ten Minutes Gameplay
“You'll work for three months on something, it'll take the player 10 minutes to experience.”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:04 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
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Schafer: Video Games Offer Emotional Practice By Enabling Moral Experimentation
“You know, but she's interested in the range of, you know, what happens if you try these things, and I think, ah, when kids play with dolls, they figure out through role playing what it feels like, and they get this kind of emotional practice, and I think all s…”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:09 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
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Schafer: Direct Customer Responses Convert Angry Users Into Supporters
“Sometimes you'll have the angriest person in the world write your meanest letter, and then you'll just say, oh, oh, I'm sorry you had that issue. Let me try and get that in our bug tracking system. They're like, I can't believe you answered. They're so happy. …”
Tim Schafer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:41 a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming
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