Comments on: Video Game Industry Lessons For Product Managers http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/innovation/video-game-industry-lessons-for-product-managers Home Of The Billion Dollar Product Manager Where You Too Can Learn To Be A Wildly Successful Product Manger Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/innovation/video-game-industry-lessons-for-product-managers/comment-page-1#comment-769 Dr. Jim Anderson Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1007#comment-769 Dan: you make a very good point. What's interesting about the rapid development of new business models for video games is that it's clear that the manufacturers are trying to find the model that will best fit their notoriously fickle customer base. I don't know about you, but my biggest problem isn't the business model being used, but rather finding more time to play the games...! Dan: you make a very good point. What’s interesting about the rapid development of new business models for video games is that it’s clear that the manufacturers are trying to find the model that will best fit their notoriously fickle customer base. I don’t know about you, but my biggest problem isn’t the business model being used, but rather finding more time to play the games…!

]]> By: Lieutenant Dan http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/innovation/video-game-industry-lessons-for-product-managers/comment-page-1#comment-766 Lieutenant Dan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:44:39 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1007#comment-766 Funny that there's no mention of the free-to-play/microtransactions supported business model. Subscriptions are old news, as is IGA. One look at the Asian gaming market (and to a growing extent, the 'new' North American model) clearly indicates that the future of the video game industry lies in this new business model, and NOT in subscriptions. IGA has it's own merits, but has been struggling (Quake Live is a primary example). For examples check - Nexon.com, EA's Battlefield Heroes, and Turbine's Dungeons and Dragons Online. Funny that there’s no mention of the free-to-play/microtransactions supported business model. Subscriptions are old news, as is IGA. One look at the Asian gaming market (and to a growing extent, the ‘new’ North American model) clearly indicates that the future of the video game industry lies in this new business model, and NOT in subscriptions. IGA has it’s own merits, but has been struggling (Quake Live is a primary example).

For examples check – Nexon.com, EA’s Battlefield Heroes, and Turbine’s Dungeons and Dragons Online.

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