Skin in the game: Derek Rathbun on real money gameplay as the next frontier of direct-to-consumer monetization
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Derek Rathbun discusses the implications of real money gameplay on direct-to-consumer monetization in the gaming industry.
Welcome to The Business of Games Podcast, powered by Xsolla. Direct-to-consumer monetization is usually a conversation about where players spend: web shops, platform margins, owned storefronts. But what if the more interesting question is what they spend on — and what changes when real money is actually on the line? In this extended cut, host Lia Ballentine sits down with Derek Rathbun, Co-Founder and CEO of Gamers.bet, to explore a monetization layer most studios haven't seriously reckoned w...
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