'As a platform holder, our job is to create a wider audience, continually.'
'I think Nintendo really understands the game design maxims for a handheld platform and then how to leverage their very powerful IP vault in that medium.'
It seems Fortnite and Roblox is additive to the industry and not exactly zero-sum vs AAA games?
Parallels between gaming and film IP
'because gaming is so tied to technology (which) has to keep moving forward in order to bring more immersive experiences, previous generation games are not compatible with the new technology'
'If you talk about the IP power of gaming, it’s true, but it has these breaks in the cycle, where entire franchises can disappear, because you can’t access them anymore''
The faster technology moves, the greater the challenge in sustaining the value of the IP
'Given their history, I think it would be very difficult for Nintendo to do a bad iteration of Mario'
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NEW INTERVIEW: Accenture: Culture of Client-Centricity
"The only way you can consistently bring clients value is by self-disrupting and subordinating your own peace of mind and internal stability to the well-being of your client."
The app ecosystem and 3P integrations are crucial in driving stickiness for large enterprise customers
''Atlassian operates very much like Apple. You have your iPhone, which provides you with a certain value. But if you have your Apple Watch, one connects with the other, which is extremely sticky. Atlassian operates in exactly the same way."
Great essay from @BlasMoros on some fundamentals of organisational behaviour and hierarchies. Something interesting starts to happen to businesses that flip the hierarchy - where senior leadership acts to support and serve front-line employees.
“Hierarchies are nature’s fundamental organizing structure – robust and efficient => See the foundation of the pyramid for what it is – the most important”
“If you are looking to change a system, a helpful tool in this process is to observe its long-term behavior.”