Nintendo: Everlasting Gaming IP
Former Chairman and President at Sony Computer Entertainment
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Why is this interview interesting?
- Evolution of gaming from cartridges to CD-ROM, DVD, and now cloud gaming
- Importance of first-party content for console owners
- How gaming is a media deeply intertwined with the evolution of technology and implications on value creation
- Why Nintendo’s intellectual property is so powerful and eternal
- Risks to narrative-based IP versus no-IP types like Fortnite or Roblox
- Economics of AAA publishing and importance of cross-play
- Outlook on the value of gaming intellectual property and risks to certain franchises
Nintendo: Everlasting Gaming IP(September 16, 2020)
Shawn Layden
Former Chairman and President at Sony Computer Entertainment
Interview Transcript
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