Sentences with phrase «platform holders»

Work with the platform holders and build an audience on messenger, don't think of it as a new way to acquire users.

And as always, some platform holders (or their advertisers), and rights holders (or their lawyers) may object to allowing background playback in some instances.

Maybe that's what the platform holders are scared of.

I spoke at GDC about the challenges that the traditional platform holders face as the likes of Google and Apple and Facebook — which are really wealthy companies — move into their territory.

Better - informed men than I know the broadband penetration rates amongst console owners, but even in the U.S., we're still years away from platform holders being able to viably do away with retail as an option and rely solely on digital distribution.

The core team at Data Realms just spent the last three months working together at Stugan, showcasing during Gamescom, PAX Prime, and also having a series of meetings with platform holders including Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Valve, and several others.

The show kicks off every year with conferences from the platform holders, and though this year was rather light on announcements, it certainly wasn't on spectacle.

The platform holders.

It's well known how closely the big platform holders and publishers brief their retail partners before and around E3, but then the job is to convince the people in attendance and the millions watching that your console, your particular game, is the best.

Right now, platform holders aren't really incentivized to try and make the leap to a parallel digital / retail model (which I believe will be the first step towards a «download - only» box).

Dramatic sales were trumpeted by indies, by the press, and by the platform holders themselves, spurring huge increases in content supply which inevitably pulled each ecosystem back towards the more familiar hit - driven model.

We create and publish our own projects as well as work with publishers, platform holders and other partners.

You can certainly blame the platform holders for not doing everything they can to maximize the benefits of the Long Tail.

Hardly evidence that «the Long Tail primarily benefits platform holders and the creators of hit content».

While developers have never paid for them, they were been paid for by platform holders.

With rare exception (see my comments on niche markets at the end of this article) the Long Tail primarily benefits platform holders and the creators of hit content, not the broader creative community.

Vella encouraged would - be premium game developers to split their promotion down the middle between speaking to players and speaking to Apple and Google as the platform holders who might potentially feature the game.

NI: Does that process compare favourably with other platform holders, or are there still niggles to work through?

The bigger challenge has typically been getting the platform holders to agree to it, but thankfully now both Nintendo and Microsoft are embracing the idea of an open online community, which means players can enjoy a much wider and more diverse range of opponents to race against.

Steam does a fantastic job of this with their near real - time sales data and graphs, and I would love for other platform holders to try to do this as well.

Christian: We still didn't really have any close contacts in the industry, so we were just sending this pitch to the public facing addresses of the big platform holders like «here's what we're trying to make, are you interested?»

To find out how it impacts indies, platform holders and gamers, Daily Reaction's Seb and Dan talk to some PS4 devs and discuss the topic in their 207th edition.

Now Team Cherry is in talks with other platform holders, but remains committed to getting the Switch version out first.

Donny is skeptical; however, Tricky, Iyield2no1, and Alex see the benefits of cross-network play between the rival platform holders.

Thus, both major platform holders (sorry, Nintendo) independently set the same new strategy in motion.

Just one example is the many test cases your game has to pass in order to reach the technical quality level expected by the platform holders; which is a good thing.

In the last 12 months alone, Game Republic has brought major international companies and platform holders to the region including Microsoft, Sony, OnLive, Unity, GOG.com and Channel 4 — with more essential companies lined up in the next few months.

It shook up the major platform holders enough to revise their publishing policies, made independent games close to equals in a console's lineup and opened the door for an entirely new segment of the console market.

If you're one of the people who wants to make noise around the game you have, there are opportunities out there to partner with platform holders, with sponsorships and other things to make it big.

Over 45 judges — a mix of industry tech experts, platform holders, studio CTOs and independent developers — voted on the nominations for the Develop 100 Tech list in order to rank them.

«As the guy who is the chief operating officer of Electronic Arts I can tell you that EA did not aggressively lobby for the platform holders to put some gating function in there to allow or disallow used games.

It shows up in the fact that the platform holders continue to decide what is published.

Arriving just ahead of next week's Interface event, this issue features marketing experts from development, publishing, PR and platform holders, helping devs find the best ways to get their games noticed.

The latest announcement that the European Commission is investigating concerns surrounding free - to - play highlights the lack of action taken by platform holders, developers and publishers on the transparency of in - app purchases.

Havok makes a 3D physics engine and licenses it to gaming studios and platform holders.

The monthly reports help provide an overview of the Video Games Market in the US each month and help show how publishers and platform holders are performing.

«In the grand scheme of things, these are minor problems to overcome providing that the dev kits issued by platform holders are well designed.»

Developers, publishers and platform holders should have nothing to hide.

«Back in the day, platform holders were a necessity.

But everyone that's in on this, all the platform holders, have been pretty pragmatic and understanding of that what we're trying to do is create a good experience for the players.

Having released the game «The Little Acre» on PS4, Xbox One, Steam, iOS and Windows 10, showcased at many conventions such as GDC, PAX, Gamescom and many more, securing deals with platform holders and publishers alike, and unlocking funding both nationally and abroad, Ben has the experience and insight necessary to help other companies achieve their goals.

A union like that could also lead to investigating a collective games publishing model, which might be the best chance indies have at standing up against platform holders.»

Once the latter has arrived both will be submitted to the platform holders for certification.

«At this stage, we'll be able to estimate a likely release window for you guys - and once it's been approved by both platform holders, we'll be able to give you a realistic street date,» Zen United said.

«I think that which console is the «Indies» Best Friend» is entirely dictated by the current market objectives of the platform holders,» John Ribbins of UK indie studio Roll7 — developers of Not a Hero, OlliOlli, and the forthcoming multi-platform Laser League — tells me.

The MEGABOOTH and its organizers mediate behind the scenes not only between indies and audiences, but also between indies and the powers - that - be of the game industry — the journalists, influencers, publishers, platform holders, investors, etc. that can be the key to success for devs.

NOTE: Please distinguish between game DEVELOPERS and platform holders.

It's a challenge both technically, and with regulations from the platform holders but we're working on it because we think it helps players on all platforms.

One of the supposed reasons that gets banded about is that the platform holders and publishers rely on a strong retail presence.

In theory, platform holders subsidise hardware in the early part of its cycle before hitting break - even and moving into profit as components cheapen.