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QUOTE | “If we need z16 ทางเข้า games for 10-year olds do we need to hire 10-year olds to make games? If I can’t make a game for someone else I’m a shitty designer.” – Laralyn McWilliams, veteran game designer, explaining why hearing ‘If we want more games for women we need more women in game development’ annoys her(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $7.85 million – Amount that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick received as a bonus for 2013, which is added to his base salary of $2.1 million; he also received $55.92 million in stock spread over 5 years starting in 2012 QUOTE | “I think it’s opening a curtain on what maybe people don’t realize they’re doing when they’re making games.” – Meggan Scavio, GM of GDC, talking about the Advocacy track at GDC and z16 how it’s dealing with many serious issues STAT | 42% – Amount that hardware sales at US retail stores in February exceeded those in February 2013; software sales (including PC games) declined 11%, and the Xbox One sold around 90% of what the PS4 sold QUOTE | “To get that kind of feedback is what pushes you through those last crazy, hectic months.” – Respawn community manager Abbie Heppe, talking about how the company was “a bit overwhelmed” by Titanfall’s reception STAT | $7.6 billion – Valuation put on Candy Crush Saga maker King by the target of $21 to $24 per share the company has placed on its IPO shares; when King was expecting to make its IPO in September the valuation would have z16 เครดิตฟรี been $5 billion QUOTE | “Our strategy is now to make more focused online games with budgets of around $3-5 million initial investment.” – Funcom CEO Ole Schreiner, talking about how the company is trying to bounce back from a police investigation into stock market manipulation QUOTE | “We have 40 or 50 thousand applications from users to become content contributors.” – Thor Fridriksson, Plain Vanilla CEO, talking about the massive success of the mobile game QuizUp STAT | 6 million – Number of copies sold so far of Sony’s The Last of Us for the PlayStation 3; there are strong hints of a sequel under way and developer Naughty Dog is working on a movie with Sam Raimi and Ghost House Pictures QUOTE | “Running a successful independent mobile games studio has become an increasingly complex challenge during the past two years.” – Limbic CEO Arash Keshmirian, talking about leveraging the new rewards-based loyalty program for mobile games, founded by former GameStop executive Steve Nix This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International Image by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich | Shutterstock