Online Game Disruption: Don't Get Too Big
There are always advantages to being big - speed is not one of them. It's my view that if your games website is part of a larger whole, you need to get yourself freed from that relationship.
The bigger and more established your site is, the less likely you will be able to change or move. The online games world is moving fast right now. There is a huge value in being able to survey the landscape of games and being able to move.
Big sites and established players are in weak positions and there for the taking in so many ways. Many are late to viral (social) gaming, disaggregated distrubution or microtransations. Move fast, attack weakness and get out from under your overlords.
Your site can't change in months - it has to change in weeks or days. The faster you can extract yourself from a corporate parent the better. Speed, agility and mobility should be your mantra!
What do you think? Am I nuts? Let me know
