Comments on: Getting a Bit Crowded in Here http://www.chinahearsay.com/getting-a-bit-crowded-in-here/ China law, business and economics commentary Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Non Lawyer http://www.chinahearsay.com/getting-a-bit-crowded-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-60294 Non Lawyer Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:26:20 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=1044#comment-60294 Games are a bubble -- investors and others treat companies that make games as if the companies are normal tech companies. Instead, thesw companies should be viewed as media (e.g. film/movie/music) becasue very very very few companies make games worth playing, just like almost all films never make it to the big screen. Playability is something you never ever hear from the lips of investors and wannabe game company executives, but that is what we shou;ld be talking about. Games are a bubble — investors and others treat companies that make games as if the companies are normal tech companies. Instead, thesw companies should be viewed as media (e.g. film/movie/music) becasue very very very few companies make games worth playing, just like almost all films never make it to the big screen.

Playability is something you never ever hear from the lips of investors and wannabe game company executives, but that is what we shou;ld be talking about.

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