NEXT.io Podcast27 Nov 2025

Tom Wood: How Operators Should Think About Game Studios

🎙 NEXT.io Podcast #253 with Tom Wood, CEO of RAW iGamingRAW iGaming calls itself “the pink shark in a sea of sameness.”

In this episode, CEO Tom Wood joins Pierre Lindh to break down the realities of innovating in an industry releasing 18 new slot games per day and why true originality is harder (and riskier) than it looks.

If you want to understand the future of game development in iGaming, this one is essential.

⏰ Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:29 - Sponsors Message

01:49 - Welcome Tom Wood, CEO of RAW iGaming

02:30 - The mission behind RAW

04:36 - “The pink shark in a sea of sameness” explained

06:07 - Why most studios copy

07:05 - 600 new games released in Sweden in one month

10:06 - Competing in a market flooded with studios

12:53 - How RAW gets operators’ attention

18:07 - RAW’s innovation pillars: slots, arcade & Yahtzee

28:23 - Innovation in live gaming

30:26 - Game’s success: quality vs. positioning

33:27 - The risk: AI lobbies might hide innovative games

38:11 - Designing for local vs. global audiences

42:16 - The next breakout hit: simple, unexpected, left-field innovation

45:14 - How AI may reshape game production itself

47:11 - RAW’s ambition: becoming a Tier-1 supplier

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