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How game developers win in a soft market dominated by big platforms

During the latest stop of the GamesBeat Global Tour, Aldora CEO Joost van Dreunenbut addressed new ways to monetize and reach customers.

“The question is, are you ready for that?” asked Joost van Dreunen, entrepreneur and CEO at Aldora, featured speaker during the fifth stop of the GamesBeat Global Tour in Seattle, presented by Xsolla. Games like Fallout now offer collectibles and trading cards, and both Xbox and Sony are pivoting to a multiplatform publishing model, instead of locking themselves in the traditional distribution channels. For instance, The Sims, made by one of the largest independent game makers publicly traded in the U.S., is embracing fan creators now, some of whom have been creating skins and items since the first title.

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