Gamified #155 | Would You Rather Invest 10 Indies or 1 AAA? (DEBATE)

THIS WEEK ON GAMIFIED: Forza Horizon 6 leaked before launch - then broke every franchise record. 172K concurrent on early access alone. 302K by end of week. Nearly 4x FH5's all-time peak.Sony held a s...

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Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02n2n7h5PVIWe score the health of the gaming industry 1 to 10. Gaming VC dropped 95% from its 2021 peak. 10,000+ jobs cut in 2024. C...

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1. Ryan Cohen's GameStop makes an unsolicited $55.5B bid for eBay. Is this a legitimate M&A play or a $9.4B cash pile under pressure? The panel assigns odds from 2% to 50%+.2. Gaming VC hit $627M in H...

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If you were running a studio, would you automate over or under 30% of it with AI?After comments suggesting many studios are already using AI tools but are afraid to admit it publicly, the conversation...

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This week on Gamified, the panel breaks down Stop Killing Games and whether it’s a real consumer protection issue or a bad precedent for the industry, Roblox’s new age-based safety changes and what th...

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The strange rollout of Borderlands Mobile, reports that Disney and Epic want to launch their gaming universe with an extraction shooter, the allegations surrounding Gunzilla Games + Ashes of Creation,...

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Is Marathon already dead? Sony just raised PS5 prices for the second time in a year. And the CEO of an $11 billion company used ChatGPT to try dodging a $250M payout. Plus Chris Heatherly serves up a ...

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