From In-Game Advertising to In-Game Selling: The Next Big Thing?

While In-Game Advertising is growing to $2 billion in 2012, In-Game Selling has all the ingredients to become the next big business model innovation in the gaming industry. Our analysis of the business model behind in-game advertising discussed how game publishers sell the ‘attention’ of their audience to advertisers. The next step now is to [...]

Posted on March 17, 2009 in Entertainment & tourism Read more

The Business Model behind In-Game Advertising

Traditionally game publishers like Electronic Arts, Nintendo, and Ubisoft, sell their games for a fixed price including profit. This is known as the basic Product Sales business model or Experience Sales business model. From this basic transaction, a lot of companies look for new value propositions and revenue streams to add. In-Game Advertising is a [...]

Posted on March 15, 2009 in Entertainment & tourism Read more