Comments on: The Truth About the Biz of Casual Games http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nabeel Hyatt http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200513 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:58:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200513 Ok.. not sure what the back and forth is about, but Big Fish was not founded with VC money. It was founded with a sizeable amount of angel investment up until fairly recently. However, last year it did take later stage VC backing, from General Catalyst.

]]> By: Casual Game Startup Gets $7 Million in Funding http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200512 Thu, 07 May 2009 19:57:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200512 [...] understand why VCs love the casual gaming business, check out these two posts from our archives: The truth about biz of casual games & Games Business & crisis of attention. [...]

]]> By: kitap indir http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200511 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:56:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200511 Big Fish wasn’t founded with VC money nor do they have VC backing now

]]> By: Fikra http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200510 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:59:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200510 So in a case with good development it will sure come great revenue

]]> By: Attentio Blog » Blog Archive » Conversation about Casual Games http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200509 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:25:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200509 [...] casual gaming market reaped over 2.25 billion dollars in revenue in 2007. And this is just a bottom of the bottom line expected for this year’s casual [...]

]]> By: FredCavazza.net » Social Networks + Casual Games = Social Games http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200508 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:28:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200508 [...] Rappelons également que les social games sont considérés par les analystes comme une niche à très forte valeur ajoutée (faible coût de développement et forte marge fondée sur les micro-transactions de biens et services virtuels) : Social Gaming Pwns The Industry et The Truth About the Biz of Casual Games. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200507 Sun, 11 May 2008 19:16:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200507 Umm….Big Fish does have VC funding now. Lots of it.

]]> By: Joe http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200506 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:52:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200506 Big Fish wasn’t founded with VC money nor do they have VC backing now.

]]> By: Chirag Nirmal http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200505 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:28:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200505 I think making your game for various platforms will definately help increase the revenue as long as distribution is outsourced to a third party.

]]> By: Neįpareigojantys žaidimai : nežinau.lt http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200504 Sun, 04 May 2008 11:05:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200504 [...] kiekvieną jų internete galima žaisti nemokamai, pajamamos iš „casual“ tipo žaidimėlių per metus siekia 2,25 milijardo dolerių. Kadangi jų leidyba yra sukoncentruota 4-5 stambių firmų rankose, ne taip jau blogai joms tas [...]

]]> By: Frank Miller http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200503 Sat, 03 May 2008 18:52:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200503 Screw the developer pay. I’m trying to figure out how there could be $2.5 Billion dollars of revenue for these things? I looked through the various linked articles and they all just kept saying, $2.5 Billion. No discussion of where that number came from or even whether its now or in the future?

]]> By: Andy Gongea http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200502 Sat, 03 May 2008 14:11:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200502 As you can see lately, sites like instantaction have become hot in the gaming industry in less than 6 months. So in a case with good development it will sure come great revenue

]]> By: Neil http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200501 Sat, 03 May 2008 07:42:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200501 @Gene, I’m betting the devs run more than one project at once (so it won’t just be eight-to-twelve months on your app alone), and they’ll also benefit from exchange rates.

]]> By: Gene Linetsky http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/casual-games-the-bottom-line/#comment-200500 Sat, 03 May 2008 02:49:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13295#comment-200500 >> The development cost of a casual game typically hovers somewhere around $100,000. That money goes into paying developers, including artists, programmers, game designers, project managers and audio engineers, as well as the developer’s overhead.

How is this possible? Do these people make $10K a year?

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