Identity, inventory, and income: Arron Goolsbey on what DTC really requires
About this episode
Arron Goolsbey discusses the complexities of direct-to-consumer relationships in gaming.
Welcome to The Business of Games Podcast, powered by Xsolla. Direct-to-consumer is easy to talk about in terms of web shops, payment rails, and platform fees. It's harder to talk about what's actually underneath it — the identity layer, the data architecture, the economic models, and the distribution infrastructure that either make the player relationship durable or leave it fragile. In this extended cut, host Lia Ballentine sits back down with Arron Goolsbey, Chief Operating Officer at Mythi...
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