Evidence receipt / preference
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: preference
11 Apr 2023 Acquired Nintendo: The Console Wars
“You're going to buy it once upfront because that's how we believe games should be bought, which, of course, is him saying, we're just not going to make any money on this, because you're not going to sell a $60, $70, $80 skew on the iPhone, you're going to sell a $5 skew on the iPhone.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- preference
- Recorded
- 11 Apr 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Nintendo: The Console Wars
Transcript context
…Don't look over here, look over there. I think even in the keynote, they say, we don't know what the price is going to be yet. but it's not going to be in-app purchases. You're going to buy it once upfront because that's how we believe games should be bought, which, of course, is him saying, we're just not going to make any money on this, because you're not going to sell a $60, $70, $80 skew on the iPhone, you're going to sell a $5 skew on the iPhone. The game itself is effectively the original Super Mario. But since Nintendo doesn't own the controller, it's a little bit of a weird mechanic. You're tapping on the screen to make him jump, and you're holding it to make him jump higher. Yeah, it's a really weird baby between the original Super Mario and a runner game, which runner games are somewhat popular niche genre on mobile.…
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