Gamasutra - Blogs http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Johnathon Swift's Blogs Sun, 19 May 2013 06:42:47 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) The swift, impending end of retail sales - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130430/191544/The_swift_impending_end_of_retail_sales.php Digital sales are about to rule the roost, and quickly http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130430/191544/The_swift_impending_end_of_retail_sales.php Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:37:00 EDT Sales are slowing because games are getting worse - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130422/190995/Sales_are_slowing_because_games_are_getting_worse.php There's a simple reason why game sales are in decline, there are fewer, and worse, games than their have been previously. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130422/190995/Sales_are_slowing_because_games_are_getting_worse.php Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:45:00 EDT Since when are Executives supposed to design games? - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130228/187600/Since_when_are_Executives_supposed_to_design_games.php Business executives have become increasingly intrusive into game design over the last generation. Ideally for everyone this should stop and even reverse course. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130228/187600/Since_when_are_Executives_supposed_to_design_games.php Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:58:00 EST The end of consoles, and soon - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130122/185255/The_end_of_consoles_and_soon.php Everyone's waiting, or searching, for the revolution. When will it come? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20130122/185255/The_end_of_consoles_and_soon.php Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:09:00 EST How to ruin your Game and the entire Gaming Industry - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20121202/182710/How_to_ruin_your_Game_and_the_entire_Gaming_Industry.php Giving people what they want is ruining the gaming industry, and yet surely YOUR game that looks like all the others will be different! http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20121202/182710/How_to_ruin_your_Game_and_the_entire_Gaming_Industry.php Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:12:00 EST The End of Nintendo? - by Johnathon Swift http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20120921/178118/The_End_of_Nintendo.php Nintendo has had a good, magnificent run as a hardware player. They've become iconic as a symbol of video games. But now it seems the icon's time in the market has come to and end. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JohnathonSwift/20120921/178118/The_End_of_Nintendo.php Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:52:00 EDT