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Game companies are adapting to platform changes more quickly

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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jan beckers

To Jan Beckers, the chief executive of Berlin’s HitFox Group holding company for game startups, game platforms are a lot like countries. They evolve along certain patterns. And because veterans have watched a few platform changes happen in the digital era, game companies are adapting to this platform evolution more quickly. If you recognize these patterns, Beckers said, you can figure out the right strategy to pursue in a digital era where platform change is accelerating.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.