According to this fellow, there are 29 business models for games.
Interesting. It’s nice to know that at least one industry vet isn’t stuck thinking that the Blizzard way is the only way.
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I have mixed feelings on D. Perry, but as they relate to this article: I think he’s stretching out those terms a bit. I mean some of those look remarkedly familiar to others in the list, just phrased differently or 1 little thing changed.
But it’s good to see someone listing possibilities I suppose.
Indeed, there is some fudge shading going on. I’m mostly just happy that someone is at least thinking past subscriptions.
I do admit to a bit of befuddlement on why he bothered with 29, when he could easily combine some of those “subtly different” classifications. It’s not like 29 is even a nice round number. *shrug*
It’s nice to know that at least one industry vet isn’t stuck thinking that the Blizzard way is the only way.
HEY!
What am I, chopped liver?
At least one that I haven’t read before. Um, yeah, that’s what I meant. >.> Or maybe, one *more* industry vet. yeah, that’s it.
*headdesk* Sorry!
Raph and Lum have branched out of the sub model thinking, too.
I guess I’m just happy to see more people talking about it, without getting into an ego contest between subs and MTs where each is grossly misrepresented. Neither is a panacea, but neither is the apocalypse.
What’s wrong with chopped liver, anyway? Healthy and full of irony goodness.
29 may be a little over the top but what’s more important to me is that it’s being discussed more and more widely. I don’t want WoW to keel over dead anytime soon (since I still think its beneficial effects outweigh the negative ones, for now), but I — like to many others — am insanely keen to see smaller, other, innovative, niche-catering, insert-your-own-adjective games and studios do well. It’s becoming increasingly evident that the subs model isn’t the only way (or indeed necessarily the best way, depending on your product) to achieve that.