Trip HawkinsSilicon Valley goes Hollywood: The Birth of Producers at EAAn excerpt from an upcoming book by Electronic Arts Founder, Trip Hawkins7 min read·May 14, 2024--2--2
Trip HawkinsARE YOUR GAMES MORE LIKE FILMS, TV OR STREAMING?ARE YOUR GAMES MORE LIKE FILMS, TV OR STREAMING?3 min read·Sep 5, 2023----
Trip HawkinsNFTs: Monty Python and the Holy Greed?Ever since Nintendo invented them, high platform fees as a percentage of game developer revenue have suffocated most games like a strangler…6 min read·Mar 6, 2023--2--2
Trip HawkinsMICROSOFT WILL WIN FIGHT TO ACQUIRE ACTIVISIONDo Governments Really Care About Console Geeks or Overseas Monopolies?3 min read·Jan 9, 2023----
Trip HawkinsHOW OUR HOLIDAY GAMES HAVE GROWN FROM TOYS TO NFTsDuring the holidays we help our economies by spending money on gifts, including games. Some game gifts create new economies of their own…4 min read·Dec 19, 2022----
Trip HawkinsIT’S HALLOWEEN AND CUSTOMER SERVICE IS SCARY—AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPETITORSI’ve found it shameful in recent years that most companies have abandoned the concept of service to their customers. You absolutely cannot…3 min read·Oct 31, 2022----
Trip HawkinsWHY HAS ORIGINAL IP TAKEN OVER IN GAMES?Nearly 90% of the 100 most lucrative mobile games are original brands, not licenses. They’re even more dominant on PC platforms like Steam.2 min read·Oct 24, 2022----
Trip HawkinsSMARTER SMART CONTRACTS WILL MAKE THE BEST NFT GAMESAs an asset class for investors, NFTs are risky and unproven and speculators can’t build an enormous new industry by themselves. What will…3 min read·Sep 29, 2022--1--1
Trip HawkinsMICROSOFT BUYS ACTIVISION: NOTHING TO SEE HERE, FOLKSWHY THE CLOUD IS EVERYTHING3 min read·Aug 4, 2022----
Trip HawkinsWILL ELECTRONIC ARTS (EA) BE ACQUIRED?In a word, yes. As with Activision, EA will get the proverbial offer that they cannot refuse. It may be a hardware company like Apple that…2 min read·May 31, 2022----
