Rupees And Sense

Welcome to episode 11 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering the strategy of the PS5 including:

- Sony's Current Position

- What we think the PS5 needs to do

- Where any weak points could be

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Welcome to episode 10 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering the costs associated with Google Stadia and its entrance into the market:

- Stadia's Market Talk

- What is Google's Plan With This?

- Do We Think It Will Work?

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Welcome to episode 9 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering the costs associated with making games and will be covering the following topics:

- How did we get here?

- The strategy and views of the Epic Games Store

- Where we thing it's going moving forward

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Welcome to episode 8 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering the costs associated with making games and will be covering the following topics:

- The different sizes of games and what are the financials of each one

- The costs of making a Triple-A game

- Can we get these costs down or are we just trapped?

We welcome your comments and feedback here and at twitter.com/rupeesandsense

Welcome to episode 7 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering just why EA's not making NCAA football games and will be covering:

- The current state of sports video games

- A business analysis of the O'Bannon v NCAA case, including stakeholders, results, and what it all means from a business perspective

- Our thoughts and theories on why this is a case of everyone just acting in their best interests

- Where we think things will go from here

- RAMPANT BAMA FAVORITISM

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Welcome to episode 6 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. Today we are covering E3 2018 and will be covering the following topics:

- Covering all the press conferences. Every conference. Even Devolver. Especially Devolver.

- Presentation highlights, fumbles, and the right and wrong way to make a business presentation

- Future predictions of each company and how they look for the next year

- A very in depth conversation of what not to wear on stage. Like a REALLY long conversation on shoes.

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Welcome to episode 5 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. We’ll go over a list of questions each episode which we’ll have listed below for nice summary of what to expect.

In this episode we are covering Sony and the Playstation brand, including:

- Admitting we had to redo the audio for this episode, making us 0/3 for getting recordings done the first time

- Discussing the recent history of the brand and how they've gotten to today

- A discussion of current strengths and weaknesses

- A contentious debate on when the Playstation 5 should come out

- Kevin gets the censor kitty, making the number of times each host has been bleeped Kevin 1 : Zac 1

We welcome your comments and feedback here and at twitter.com/rupeesandsense

Welcome to episode 4 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. We’ll go over a list of questions each episode which we’ll have listed below for nice summary of what to expect.

In this episode we are covering Microsoft and the Xbox brand, including:

- Explaining how we lost the audio to this episode and had to record an episode twice for the second time in a row

- Microsoft's recent history, how they entered this console generation, and current health of the brand

- Differing views from Kevin and Zac on Microsoft's biggest mistakes launching the Xbox One

- Microsoft's digital strategy: the what, how, and why

- Acquisitions talk

- The future of Microsoft

We welcome your comments and feedback here and at twitter.com/rupeesandsense

Welcome to episode 3 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. We’ll go over a list of questions each episode which we’ll have listed below for nice summary of what to expect.

In this episode we are covering Nintendo, including:

- The performance of the Switch, and the strengths and challenges of the console

- The recent Nintendo earnings call

- Performance of other Nintendo ventures such as mobile

- The future of Nintendo

- Zac gets beeped for the first time. And probably not the last time.

Please note that this episode was recorded before the Nintendo Direct on 3/8/2018, so we won't be discussing anything pertaining to this event.

We welcome your comments and feedback here and at twitter.com/rupeesandsense

Welcome to episode 2 of Rupees and Sense; a podcast dedicated to providing insight and commentary on the video game industry from a business-styled perspective. We’ll go over a list of questions each episode which we’ll have listed below for nice summary of what to expect.

In this episode we are covering lootboxes, including:

- The concepts of the lootbox model

- A recent history of the business model in the market

- Our opinion on the business model and its strengths and weaknesses

- The future of the business model

We welcome your comments and feedback here and at http://twitter.com/rupeesandsense