QUOTE | “I think this Oculus VR/Facebook deal will appear cheap five years from now, akin to Google’s riches888pg purchase of YouTube in 2006.” – Investor Asif Khan, CFO of Virtue LLC, talking along with other analysts about the pros and cons of Facebook’s Oculus acquisition(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 … QUOTE | “If I really want people to play this for months… I cannot smack them in the face with monetization and demand through their addiction of the game that they pay me money.” – Peter Molyneux, veteran game designer, talking about how Godus may be 22Cans’ last game QUOTE | “At first it’s always an indie happy-land, and then the suits like me come in and start fucking it up for everybody.” – Eric Goossens, CEO of Spil Games, talking aboutthe problems and opportunities in casual games. QUOTE | “A lot of games feel more like work, or some sort of skill-based mechanical thing that doesn’t have that playfulness.” – John Murphy, designer of Octodad: Dadliest Catch, talking about why play matters more than video games QUOTE | “While cloud-based delivery of video games is innovative and potentially revolutionary, the gaming consumer has not yet demonstrated that it is ready to adopt this type of service.” – GameStop VP of investor relations Matt Hodges, explaining why GameStop is shutting down streaming service Spawn Labs STAT | $5.4 billion – Amount of money that smartphone jinda44 games in Japan earned in 2013; this is 50% of the total games revenue in Japan, up from 30% in 2012 QUOTE | “It’s more about people making a rash decision to switch over and chase a quick buck.” – Naoki Yoshida, producer on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, talking about why he thinks many MMOs switch to free-to-play from subscriptions QUOTE | “We got a cold call from HBO because they thought that there was going to be a great overlap e19 between our players and their demographic.” – Dustin Beck, VP of eSports for Riot Games, explaining why League of Legends will be doing a Game of Thrones promotion STAT | 24,000+ – Number of attendees at this year’s Game Developers Conference; that’s a new record, up from last year’s 23,000 attendees QUOTE | “To be truthful, it honestly saved our company.” – Jeremy Blum of New World Interactive, explaining how Steam’s Early Access program helped their game Insurgency generate revenue STAT | $352 million – Annual amount of microtransactions for in-game items on consoles in 2013; these transactions were made by over 23 million consumers Image by Shutterstock