Comments on: Facebook’s Early Glory and Inevitable Misery http://www.edery.org/2010/01/facebooks-early-glory-and-inevitable-misery/ For those interested in the business of making great video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura http://www.edery.org/2010/01/facebooks-early-glory-and-inevitable-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-285297 Laura Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:43:38 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1415#comment-285297 Or people could just go outside and throw a freakin baseball around for a bit?? It's called the great outdoors. It is your friend! Or people could just go outside and throw a freakin baseball around for a bit?? It’s called the great outdoors. It is your friend!

]]> By: Keith Nemitz http://www.edery.org/2010/01/facebooks-early-glory-and-inevitable-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-272707 Keith Nemitz Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:54:34 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1415#comment-272707 What gets me is how venture capitalists swarm to or attempt to enable early glory phases. Their holy grail of 10x return requires huge risks. Where are the venture capitalists who aim lower, say 2x, on more reliable niches? Stardock sets that example, but were/are they majorly funded? Didn't they have to bootstrap themselves? I guess what I'm trying to say is, there would be a lot more diversity of games if the funding models diversified. Maybe then we wouldn't see these crazy rates of change that seriously disrupt our industry. -from a pre-Seattle, ex-sierra guy - What gets me is how venture capitalists swarm to or attempt to enable early glory phases. Their holy grail of 10x return requires huge risks. Where are the venture capitalists who aim lower, say 2x, on more reliable niches? Stardock sets that example, but were/are they majorly funded? Didn’t they have to bootstrap themselves?

I guess what I’m trying to say is, there would be a lot more diversity of games if the funding models diversified. Maybe then we wouldn’t see these crazy rates of change that seriously disrupt our industry.

-from a pre-Seattle, ex-sierra guy -

]]> By: David J Edery http://www.edery.org/2010/01/facebooks-early-glory-and-inevitable-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-272662 David J Edery Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1415#comment-272662 Patrick - right! A niche audience might theoretically be much more likely to transact as well... Patrick – right! A niche audience might theoretically be much more likely to transact as well…

]]> By: Patrick http://www.edery.org/2010/01/facebooks-early-glory-and-inevitable-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-272660 Patrick Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:09:31 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1415#comment-272660 And if your business model monetizes 5M better than Zynga's monetizes 100M, all the better. The whole time-for-cash trade is getting awfully crowded. And if your business model monetizes 5M better than Zynga’s monetizes 100M, all the better. The whole time-for-cash trade is getting awfully crowded.

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