New World Order
October 29th, 2009
Held during the 80th anniversary of the stock market crash —ironically, in the Toronto stock exchange building, one of the worldwide markets that weathered the crash — this year’s edition of the GameOn Finance conference concentrated heavily on the topic of funding game production in a similarly uncertain economic climate. Most commentators dwelt on the changes sweeping the industry, speculating that new business models fuelled by the success of Facebook games, iPhone and episodic content are likely to change the face of it entirely.