Mitch Lasky, General Partner, Benchmark Capital

A Costly Price War

April 23, 2009 at 12:05 am PT

I’ve talked quite a bit in the past about the turning point that the year 2004 represented in the video game business. To recap, in that year the internet revolution finally rocked the game business to its core, with electronic distribution and new business models reaching mainstream acceptance. Between the release of World of Warcraft, the launch of Half Life 2 through Steam, the Shanda, TenCent and JAMDAT IPOs, and several other events, 2004 was a watershed year for the industry.

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Tagged with: 2004, Benchmark Capital, digital, electronic distribution, Half Life 2, innovation, Internet revolution, IPO, JAMDAT, mainstream acceptance, Mitch Lasky, Shanda, Tencent, video game business, World of Warcraft

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