How to combined traditional royalty business model with free? After just read Free by Chris Anderson, my mind is all set at looking at the Free-model. No doubt that Free is on in the talks right now, but how can it be applied on a traditional business model like royalties for artists/composer (really the person(s) [...]
Category Archives: Busniess
DeView: Free: The Future of a Radical Price
Posted by Daniel on August 25, 2009
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On my way to Germany last week I finished reading Chris Andersons book Free: The Future of a Radical Price. The expectation from the Long Tail have been sky high, and though not as good, or revolutionary as the Long Tail, its still a must read. Some part very rather slow to get through while [...]
Pirate Bay bought!
Posted by Daniel on June 30, 2009
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One of the biggest news today in Sweden (and on the web as well) is that Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have been bought by Global Gaming Factory, another Swedish company. GGF claim to wanna turn the site into a legal company and platform. In an interview by Swedish television he said we wanted [...]
Next step of Self publishing?
Posted by Daniel on June 29, 2009
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The talk of how the internet have changed our society and business work can’t be understated. In so many way, some we haven’t thought of yet. One of the most interesting opportunities the web brings is the easy and fast possibility of Self-Publishing. With the internet as our new open tool, a band, game developer [...]
Adapt the organization, not vice versa
Posted by Daniel on March 19, 2009
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Just finished reading Seth Godins book, Meatball Sundae and got many great ideas and insights. With all the projects and development I have at work, reading this book right now just spawned many great thoughts and enhanced my current ideas for our different project at work and our tactics and philosophy. The big thing that [...]
Gordon Ramsey, not only a master chef
Posted by Daniel on February 5, 2009
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My latest idol is Gordon Ramsey, which I’ve been following in his many TV series Hells Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmare (both US and UK). Both me, my sister and mother are totally hooked on him. Unfortunately I don’t get the same response from people around me when I discuss him. They don’t understand why we [...]
Videogame TV commersial go holiday crazy!
Posted by Daniel on December 14, 2008
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The game market and industry have been growing every year, and this year continue this trend. Both in terms of revenue and media space. This fall, I have notice and enormous increase in TV commercials for PC and Video games. A list over the games and consoles I’ve seen recently: Fallout 3 Resistance 2 Playstation [...]
Microtransaction and DLC going strong
Posted by Daniel on December 9, 2008
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Microtransactions and DLC (Downloadable Content) are two relatively new phenomenon in Games. In Asia, the big thing in online games are Free-2-Play the big model, were you play for free and have the option to buy small micro-items in game. Many small transactions, that combined add up to a bunch of money. In the west [...]
When “Free” isn’t better than Paid service?
Posted by Daniel on November 18, 2008
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I’ve posted some post about Chris Anderssons upcoming book and theory Free. It seems not to have received the same impact as The Long Tail, but he isn’t done yet, and I’m looking forward to dive deeper into his theory. That Free is the future for digital content and services. Still, can it be that [...]
Mixing busniess model for the future of Games
Posted by Daniel on September 27, 2008
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People in the game industry often debate and argue over which new business model(s) will be the most successful one. A tricky question with, according to me, not a one single answer. Here’s a short overview of the different models, some bigger than others: Free to play – Games that are free, you don’t pay [...]