Ian Griffiths's Blog
I am a Game Director at Hutch. Previous to this I was a Product Manager/Game Designer EA Playfish and Lionhead Studios.
I am passionate about everything gaming with extensive experience in design and implementation of features that deliver user acquisition, engagement and monetization.
You can find my profile here - http://uk.linkedin.com/in/igriffiths
Specialties: Game Direction, Game Design, UX Design, Product Management, Free-to-Play, Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Monetization, Telemetry, Analytics, Competitive Analysis, Product forecasting, Predictive Modelling, Data, Management, Agile, Kanban, Quantitative Analysis, AB Testing.
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Expert Blogs
Apple vs Epic is now decided. Not a monopoly but with their payments system seen as anti-competitive, things will have to change. Is that good for developers?
Loot Boxes. What they are, whether they constitute gambling and whether they should be regulated.
Looking at why free-to-play as a business model, while having unique characteristics, shouldn't be considered a special case in ethics.
Ian Griffiths's Comments
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How is the word 'mansplaining ...
How is the word 'mansplaining ' in any way appropriate here How can Google be patronisingly explaining their position from a position of less knowledge Is there a serious contention that Google don 't have some of the best lawyers in the world helping them make their argument r n ...
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What is anti-competitive As a ...
What is anti-competitive As a consumer you have your choice between platforms Apple 's App Store, Google Play Store, Steam store, Epic 's Games Store, GOG store, Microsoft Windows Store, Xbox Store, Playstation Store, Nintendo eShop, itch.io and more r n r nNone of these allow the other to come ...
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The respective value that console ...
The respective value that console companies offer compared to mobile really comes down to what the companies decide. Mobile brings a far larger potential audience - hundreds of millions over tens of millions in console.How is Apple different from Netflix Nobody has to go through Apple to get their game ...
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Apple are saying that they ...
Apple are saying that they 're treating Epic just as they would any other developer and that they can remedy the situation at any point by removing alternate payment methods. They 're simply saying - you 're not a special case and we treat all developers equally no matter how ...
