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Naavik
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Naavik is the company blog at naavik.co, writing about games and business. Since 2021, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Naavik's posts and podcast on games-industry business: play-to-earn economics, Epic Games and Fortnite, and the Activision takeover. Commenters cite them as sources for specific figures.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Naavik is a gaming research, consulting, and advisory firm. Enabling you to master the business of gaming.
What Hacker News says?
The May Spike: they migrated off of Ethereum and on to their own private blockchain, Ronin, on April 28th, which massively lowered transaction costs and increased transaction speeds. You see this pattern a lot with blockchain games, they migrate off Ethereum onto a proof-of-stake L2 or even L1 and you get a surge. Sustainability: The entire eco-system is not sustainable at all. The game's revenue model is dependent…
Comment linking /business-breakdowns/axie-infinity/
on ““Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs”Submitted Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril? as a story · 22 points
HN discussionHaven't you watched "Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs" yet? It's about a whole lot more than just NFTs. Your question is thoroughly addressed and truthfully answered in that video. Also see his references and citations in "Sources and Further Reading" for more proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g Sources and Further Reading: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/ h…
Comment linking /business-breakdowns/axie-infinity/
on “Bitconnect founder indicted in global $2.4B cryptocurrency scheme”Submitted Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAnd how about the push-back from game developers who don't want to spend the extra incredible amount of work they would have to invest to enable importing digital assets from other games to unbalance and pollute their own games and cut into their revenue? If you were an actual game developer yourself, this would be obvious to you. >The push back from gamers has been non-stop and intense. I don't get it. You should g…
Comment linking /deep-dives/axie-infinity/
on “SEC brought its first non-fungible token enforcement action”Submitted The Evolution of Fighting Game as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou can still get traction for your workout apps, CRMs etc with the right market research (you need to find a niche) and the right marketing. There are gazillions of candy crush remakes, but Royal Match, launched in 2021, still made it to the top in revenue. It was not thanks to some existing monopolist pushing it, but thanks to a) ginormous marketing budget and b) relentless execution and experience of making mobil…
Comment linking /digest/why-dream-games-success-is-a-challenge-to-replicate/
on “The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder”Submitted The 9 Types of Blockchain Gamers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFor a living, I influence high level corporate strategy in the games industry. I’ve consulted for all the biggest companies in the space, including all the tech giants’ various gaming-related groups. Let me be abundantly clear: the decision is utter nonsense. I’m not going into the details here, but the decision is an abysmal abomination and should be very concerning to all technology businesses, both because it sig…
Comment linking /digest/microsoft-activision-blizzard-timeline
on “Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job”Submitted Aurory: Solana's Next Big Hit? (108m raise) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> HOW?!? They are paying creators a lot . $220 million in 2023. [1] That combined with trying to undercut Steam on royalties, the 2025 softening of their cash cow, the Apple legal wars, a number of R&D bets, and an absolutely MASSIVE marketing budget...it can go fast. [1] https://naavik.co/podcast/fortnite-creative-origins/
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on “Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls”Submitted Loot and the Future of Gaming as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Games and the Rise of Transmedia as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why all you favorite games look like anime these days as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Star Atlas: The Ambitious Blockchain Game That Raised 50M USD as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Star Atlas: The Most Ambitious Blockchain Game as a story · 1 points
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