The Importance of Democratization in Video Games

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I think we still haven't fully reached maybe the iPhone moment for your camera, but we're getting there. The old Hiroshi Yamayuchi Maxim that there are a handful of Shigeru Miyamoto's in the world that can make games like that and we want them all making games for Nintendo is probably still true. There is this parallel track within games that we know modding is such a key part of innovation and how these games evolve as new genres are created. We're getting so close to those moments of with the UGC getting better and you can have the random kid come up with a new genre or a new game which might just be important and creative or Roblox.

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to discuss the history and future of gaming business models. This episode is the perfect bookend to our Nintendo/Sega gaming series this season on Acquired — no one is more qualified than Mitch and Blake to breakdown how the business side of the industry has evolved so radically from the Periscope quarter-drop days to the forever games and platform based publishers of today.

Regardless if you’re a gamer, understanding the incredible innovation that’s taken place over the past two decades in gaming and what it portends for other industries is critical for any founder and investor to understand. Tune in!

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