“I don’t recognise that in our business, it’s all very sunny for us.”
For us, it’s nothing but positive on all three platforms.
So we don’t tend to do deals that are bad for any parts of the business."
For Sports Interactive, Jacobson cites subscription services as having had a major impact on Football Manager’s reach.
With the most recent entry FM23, that number is “currently at 4.8m and still growing”.
Fiscally, it makes sense.
Creatively, it makes sense.
“Learnings-wise, it makes sense as well,” he explained.
So you’re learning a lot more about that audience as well as you’re going along.
I don’t recognise that in our business.
It’s all very sunny for us," he concluded.
Jacobson’s opinion chimes with that of the game’s publisher Sega, as well.
Ultimately, they wanted quality titles, we wanted to take advantage of a great new opportunity."
The cyclical effect of this can, he explained, be transformative for small or mid-sized publishers.
Not all publishers were unanimously happy at the time, naturally.
Michael Douse of independent developer-publisher Larian had positive things to say but also shared some reservations.
retail shelves - and less for players," he said.
Because that’s the right way to be dealing with developers.
But it’s a hypothetical question, right?
