Comments on: Does Portal’s Success Presage Game Industry Shift? http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Can the Rock Band Network Transform the Music Industry? http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-961413 Can the Rock Band Network Transform the Music Industry? Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:01:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-961413 <p>[...] two tracks in Rock Band’s current download library, including his much-loved themed to the cult video game hit Portal, says he plans to expand his offerings on the Network as soon as he can. “[M]y fans are [...]</p> [...] two tracks in Rock Band’s current download library, including his much-loved themed to the cult video game hit Portal, says he plans to expand his offerings on the Network as soon as he can. “[M]y fans are [...]

]]> By: M1K3¥’s b-log » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-07 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-860344 M1K3¥’s b-log » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-07 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:01:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-860344 <p>[...] Does Portal’s Success Presage Game Industry Shift? - GigaOM yay!!! more Portal.. maybe the Cake wasn’t a lie after all?! (tags: portal gaming) [...]</p> [...] Does Portal’s Success Presage Game Industry Shift? – GigaOM yay!!! more Portal.. maybe the Cake wasn’t a lie after all?! (tags: portal gaming) [...]

]]> By: Team Teabag! » Hopefully, Portal Has Changed The Entire Games Industry… http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859925 Team Teabag! » Hopefully, Portal Has Changed The Entire Games Industry… Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:32:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859925 <p>[...] writer Wagner James Au has gone and put into words what we were all thinking anyway - that Portal, widely regarded as 2007’s Game Of The Year, [...]</p> [...] writer Wagner James Au has gone and put into words what we were all thinking anyway – that Portal, widely regarded as 2007’s Game Of The Year, [...]

]]> By: Portal Might Bring the Casuals : Primotech http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859914 Portal Might Bring the Casuals : Primotech Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:26:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859914 <p>[...] one of the best games made in the last decade. So much, in fact, that Wagner James Au over at GigaOM is theorizing that it could lead to an industry [...]</p> [...] one of the best games made in the last decade. So much, in fact, that Wagner James Au over at GigaOM is theorizing that it could lead to an industry [...]

]]> By: ¿Podría 'Portal' propiciar un cambio en la industria de los videojuegos? http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859840 ¿Podría 'Portal' propiciar un cambio en la industria de los videojuegos? Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:43:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859840 <p>[...] tener en cuenta que a través de la plataforma Steam ha tenido una muy buena acogida). Este hecho, como bien apuntan en GigaOM, deja patente que con una pequeña inversión a nivel económico se pueden obtener grandes [...]</p> [...] tener en cuenta que a través de la plataforma Steam ha tenido una muy buena acogida). Este hecho, como bien apuntan en GigaOM, deja patente que con una pequeña inversión a nivel económico se pueden obtener grandes [...]

]]> By: Mansoor http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859833 Mansoor Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:14:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859833 <p>Portal was packaged with Orange Box. Does not the value of the package make it easier for the gamer to part with their dough. And doesn't that have a bearing on their profit margin?</p> <p>Without benefiting from the joint marketing and the sweetened deal of Orange Box box, would portal have sold as well?</p> Portal was packaged with Orange Box. Does not the value of the package make it easier for the gamer to part with their dough. And doesn’t that have a bearing on their profit margin?

Without benefiting from the joint marketing and the sweetened deal of Orange Box box, would portal have sold as well?

]]> By: Andreas http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859207 Andreas Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:05:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859207 <p>There is even a more casual version of Portal, and Valve doesn't seem to mind.</p> <p>http://www.multigames.com/game/Portal_The_Flash_Version-kshavRlq</p> <p>And I think there is a reason to keep writing about it, because it is a revolution and so many people both in the industry and in media still don't get it.</p> There is even a more casual version of Portal, and Valve doesn’t seem to mind.

http://www.multigames.com/game/Portal_The_Flash_Version-kshavRlq

And I think there is a reason to keep writing about it, because it is a revolution and so many people both in the industry and in media still don’t get it.

]]> By: Disco http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/does-portals-success-presage-game-industry-shift/#comment-859180 Disco Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:16:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11355#comment-859180 <p>Yes, we get it, you think casual games will be big. Is there a reason to keep writing about it over and over?</p> Yes, we get it, you think casual games will be big. Is there a reason to keep writing about it over and over?

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