World of WarCraft loses a million subscribers, and contrary to popular belief I think this is a great thing for Blizzard. In fact, I think this is what Blizzard wants. I have always said (long before I began blogging in 2007) that only Blizzard can kill WoW, and the only way people will stop playing [...]
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Keen’s Predictions for 2013
December 27th, 2012
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Every year around this time I like to toss my prophetic predictions into the mix of what the coming year will hold for the gaming industry. Last year’s predictions kicked my butt. I think almost all of them were completely wrong, and some were so bad I had to make sure Graev didn’t go in [...]
Our Favorite Games of 2012
December 26th, 2012
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We took a lot of time thinking about which games of 2012 are our favorites. We went back and forth about whether or not we should classify it by console, genre, or an overall GOTY. The more we looked over the games of 2012 the more it became apparent that 2012 wasn’t a great year [...]
What justifies a subscription?
December 12th, 2012
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Buy to play is becoming more popular in the MMO space. The Secret World adapted their business model today to be more in-line with something like Guild Wars, requiring expansion content to be purchased. They’ve also kept their cash shop, and even allowed people to opt-into a sub to receive cash shop benefits — but [...]
