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App Store continues to vastly outpace Google Play in consumer spending
It's not a nightmare. They can simply choose to support back to the oldest version of the OS that they think can garner the most ROI. Remember, they're not targeting the different OEM skins of Android. Also I'd be willing to bet a lot (the majority) of the disparity between the revenue from the App Store and the Play Store can be summed up in 5 letters: C-H-I-N-A. One app store has Chinese revenue and the other doesn't.MacPro said:It must be a nightmare for Android developers when so few users update and so many versions of the OS out there on so many disparate types of hardware.
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Apple loses $500 million bidding war for J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot
This is the right answer. Apple probably set a valuation of Bad Robot at X. When the bidding got beyond X, Apple dropped out of the race. This is smart. A while ago, I said in a thread that Apple's huge money pile would have a net result of driving up the cost of content and content creators. I have a feeling that when Apple enters the process, price goes up immediately... cuz big pile-o-cash. Apple's going to have to remained disciplined and only splurge when they think it's absolutely necessary. Bad Robot has some good properties but I personally don't think Bad Robot meets the threshold for "necessary". Disney properties would have met that threshold, but not Bad Robot.hodar said:Bad Robot is certainly a company with value, and they have delivered in the past.But, everything of financial worth can be assessed at a definitive value in dollars. In this case, it was a value less than $500 Million; it's not like Apple couldn't afford to pay much more. Apple merely decided that Bad Robot wasn't worth the price they were demanding.
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Apple loses $500 million bidding war for J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot
You want to put JJ Abrams accomplishments up against Luc Besson. Luc Besson? I like Luc's portfolio as much as the next guy, but c'mon man. There's no comparison. Abrams is the definition of mainstream Hollywood, and Apple is rumored to desire just that, mainstream. Nothing controversial. Looking at your list of misses... Alcatraz is the only miss. Fringe and Person of Interest were both 5 season shows.doctwelve said:
Yeah, pretty sure. Established franchises. His Mission Impossible was the lowest box office of the series. Lost did well but he's had a lot of misses: Fringe, Alcatraz, Person of Interest. I think he's over-rated. Not worth $500 million. I'd love to see Apple entice someone like Luc Besson instead.the monk said:
Star Trek. Star Wars. Are you sure?doctwelve said:...... JJ is hardly box office gold.
Also Luc's films don't exactly fit into Apple's rumored style of film making. Seriously, do you see Apple coming out with an Ong Bak, Le Femme Nikita, The Transporter and Taken series of films, or the upcoming Anna? Naaaaaah.
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Apple spending up to $30M per movie to make award-winning Apple TV+
Those are all good ideas. The specter looming over those ideas is what you touched on in the beginning of your quote. Apple wanting to control the narrative. The creators you mentioned achieved their success based on their own vision. If the rumors are true, Apple is a hands on employer who likes to micromanage. That's typically an anathema to the creative types you're describing. It's part of the attraction of Youtube - you can do you the way you want to do you. Does that sound like Apple?radarthekat said:Seems there’s a huge opportunity to make a series or a movie, or a series of movies, illustrating exactly the technology failings Apple so often warns about. While also sending a shot across the bows of both Google and Facebook and igniting the conversation Apple wants us all to be aware of.
Showing technology only in a positive light is ignoring both reality and opportunity.
On Apple Music I’m confident there’s an opportunity for Apple to create a network of startup studios (maybe near Apple Stores) where promising artists could work with professional producers and studio talent to produce new music. In exchange for the opportunity, the artists might be required to be exclusive to Apple Music for a couple years. But that’s no big constraint because Apple Music is a lot bigger platform than trying to break in on your own without any distribution other than what you can pull together on your own.
I mention this Apple Music idea because Apple could do something similar with video content creators. There’s a ripe field of them waiting to be harvested, from Apple’s competitor, YouTube. Make some offers, create some shows. My nascent channel is in the expat vlogger niche and some in that niche, like Lost Leblanc (1.1 million subs), have very high production values and are excellent story tellers. Give that young guy a series and you’ll have a hit! The Food Ranger (3.2 million subs) is another. These guys have huge audiences with a production and talent crew of only one (themselves). Imagine what they could be with Apple backing them. Apple better jump before Netflix does. It’s crazy there’s so much fresh talent being left to its own devices, while a content war goes on for old libraries. Jump on this, Tim! The opportunity is going to go to others if you don’t. Already one among my vlogger friends, with just 44k subs, has been approached by The Travel Channel. Put a team on acquiring this type of talent and Apple could spend a lot less to entertain, inform and reach huge audiences. And fill it’s content stable.
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Nintendo opens 'Dr. Mario World' preorders ahead of July 10 launch
Nintendo already stated their preference was for 1x pay apps. Unfortunately, freemium is the method that garnered the most money. They were disappointed with the revenue from their 1x pay app and got pleasing returns from their freemium offerings. Nintendo is a bidness. They are going to cater to the demographic that spends the most money. As long as that is the freemium crowd, Nintendo is going to release freemium games.schlack said:Really hate that Nintendo’s going freemium. Dilutes the experience. Dilutes the brand. Makes it not kid friendly. Just let us pay for the app.
They aren't going to dilute their brand. Nintendo fans are some of the most diehard fans in gaming. Their fans are going to continue to buy all of Nintendo's console IP. Freemium on mobile isn't going to make that crowd love Nintendo any less. The vocal minority clamoring for 1x pay... yeah, they don't really matter that much because they don't spend as much and as often as the freemium crowd. I say that being firmly in that minority.