Via a link from Niels ’t Hooft, I ran into Sean Malstrom’s Birdmen and the Casual Fallacy. By far the most interesting explanation of Nintendo’s business strategy that I’ve seen, and it turns out that he has a whole website full of articles like that.
Which I’ve spent most of the evening reading. A warning: his articles are quite a bit longer than is fashionable for web content; fortunately, they more than make up for that by being quite a bit better thought-out than most web content (and I think they’d be of interest to anybody curious about business innovation), but you might want to make yourself a cup of tea before you start reading, or something.
No RSS feed on the site, but it seems that he has a blog; presumably he announces new articles there?
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Wow, this is a terrific resource. Thanks for the link and the heads-up. This is a unique and much-needed perspective on an overlooked aspect of video games. The “casual fallacy” thesis has me rethinking a few of my most basic assumptions…and how often does that happen?!
6/27/2008 @ 6:05 pm
Yeah, the idea that Nintendo will be moving up the gaming complexity ladder and grabbing more market share all the while is really interesting. I’m very curious how the next two or three years will turn out.
6/27/2008 @ 8:23 pm
I love dialogues.
6/27/2008 @ 9:15 pm