Forza Leaked and Broke Every Record | Sony Kills PC Ports | $38B Saudi Gaming Bet | Gamified #161
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...
28 Touko 1h 37min
Is the $200b Games Industry Collapsing? | Gamified Debate #160
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...
14 Touko 1h 25min
Why Epic Can't Fix Fortnite | GameStop's Bid for eBay | Gamified Debate #159
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...
8 Touko 1h 44min
Replace 30% of a Game Studio With AI? | Gamified Debate #158
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...
1 Touko 1h 29min
Gamified #157 | Stop Killing Games | Roblox Stock | Game Career Advice
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...
23 Huhti 1h 40min
Gamified #156 | SteamGPT | Disney’s Extraction Shooter
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,...
16 Huhti 1h 28min
Gamified #155 | Would You Rather Invest 10 Indies or 1 AAA? (DEBATE)
The panel debates Take-Two (GTA6) cutting its AI team, whether game adaptations should be made for core fans or mainstream audiences, if PC is really about to overtake console, and if AAA is still the...
9 Huhti 1h 38min
Gamified #154 | Disney's "Playable TV" | Marathon Loses 85% of Players | Sony Hikes PS5 Prices
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 ...
3 Huhti 1h 33min
