Articles by Rob Fahey - Page 2
Rob Fahey, Contributing Editor
Rob Fahey is a former editor of GamesIndustry.biz who spent several years living in Japan and probably still has a mint condition Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set.
Recent articles by Rob Fahey
Sony's PS5 reveal will be all about the software | Opinion
The slow drip of PS5 information belies how much technical detail we already know -- the real “unveiling” will likely be of a software slate
VR could seize its moment -- if the big players would cooperate | Opinion
VR has an opportunity to break out, but the mess of competing standards is holding back the whole sector
How big is too big for a popular game? | Opinion
Mike Morhaime's comments on the trade-off between accessibility and engagement suggest that we don't have to accept constant user churn
Epic's crusade against 30% takes a tumble | Opinion
Fortnite finally comes to the Google Play store, marking a significant setback for Epic Games' quest to reduce the industry standard revenue share
PlayStation's low-key PC experiment | Opinion
Rumours of more PS4 exclusive titles following Horizon: Zero Dawn to PC have been squashed, but is that the end of Sony's multiplatform strategy?
The industry mines for '90s nostalgia | Opinion
Between Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy 7, we're playing like it's 1999 -- but few other PlayStation-era titles justify this high-budget treatment
Quarantine questions for the streaming future | Opinion
The games industry has pinned its future to fast broadband infrastructure -- but as the world self-isolates, the risks of those choices become clear
All hail Nintendo's animal overlords | Opinion
Animal Crossing looks set to be one of the year's biggest games -- we might reflect on what it says about the appetite for different kinds of escapism
Koei Tecmo found global success by focusing on its Japanese identity
CEO Hisashi Koinuma on being trusted with big IPs, making an asset of the firm's Asian identity, and its goal of making a 5m-selling original IP
Sony and Microsoft are playing different card games | Opinion
Sony and Microsoft's next-gen communications strategies tell us almost as much as the tech specs themselves
A year without E3 is a chance to take stock | Opinion
The ESA's show has failed to articulate what function it will serve to the modern industry -- this year's cancellation will force that discussion to happen
Learning the lessons of the PlayStation 2 | Opinion
Twenty years after it arrived in Japan, the most successful console of all time still has lessons that are relevant to the industry today
Xbox Series X gets its first great soundbite | Opinion
Never mind the teraflops -- Microsoft's pledge that it won't make consumers re-buy their games on new hardware is a powerful differentiator for Xbox
COVID-19 looms over planning for next-gen launches | Opinion
The epidemic threatens to shut down supply chains the entire games industry relies on -- and even push new console launches into next year
Anthem gets a rare second chance | Opinion
Most games that fail at launch are quickly passed over -- but Bioware's Anthem is getting a rare and expensive second chance at success
Who are Microsoft's "real" competitors? | Opinion
Google and Amazon being the “real” competition for Xbox reveals the tricky balancing act that Microsoft's games team now faces
Can Alyx pull VR out of its niche? | Opinion
Half-Life: Alyx is driving headset sales before it's even released -- but it's going to take a lot more to make VR into a viable market for AAA games
The Witcher heralds an era of game IPs on TV | Opinion
As media giants prepare to do battle over streaming, well-known IPs are a potent weapon -- and videogames remain the last great untapped source
Microsoft goes all-in on the 'evergreen platform'
Bowing out of launch exclusives for Xbox Series X means Microsoft is now fully committed to the bold vision it's talked about for so many years
Is Switch Pro the right move for Nintendo?
A possible hardware update in 2020 has set the rumour mill turning - but where Switch Lite solved a problem, a Pro model seems less well-defined
Console makers lay out their 2020 visions | Opinion
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all have very different ideas of where the console market is going in 2020 and beyond - and it's even possible that they're all correct
A (Magic) leap backwards | Opinion
The woes experienced by the over-hyped AR firm were easily predictable -- but the backlash will cause headaches for the sector at large
Nintendo Switch faces an uphill slog in China | Opinion
China is a country with little interest in consoles, so success for the Switch will require building a whole market segment from nothing
Half-Life: Alyx changes the game for VR exclusives | Opinion
Never mind the hardware -- Valve is dipping deep into its own playbook to become the default storefront for VR software
Storm in a Pokéball | Opinion
The vocal complaints from some Pokémon fans point to a basic truth about how fragmented the audience for a big franchise can become