Musk's Insanity Up , Nadella's Pay Down

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Elon Musk’s Verified Insanity

By now we’ve all heard of the new Chief Twit. Elon’s Musk first big project at Twitter is to start charging $20 a month for verification. The team building the feature was told they would all be fired if they don’t meet the launch deadline of November 7th.

Nadella’s Shrinking Paycheck  

Microsoft targeted a 73% growth rate for GamePass as part of performance incentives for CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives. The service only achieved 28% growth. This is the second year in a row it missed its target.

We think he’ll be alright though - for the 12 months ending June 30, 2022, Nadella was awarded $55 million in cash and stock compensation.

TikTok isn’t here to play:

TikTok is making a dedicated push into gaming, its first venture into a different entertainment format. Gaming is an extremely lucrative entertainment category and Tiktok is following Netflix’s lead. This move is the opposite of rivals Snapchat and Facebook, which are winding down their gaming platforms.

Twitch Rebellion:

The mood at TwitchCon earlier this month was noticeably tense. Streamers were angry about Twitch reducing fan subscription revenue from 70% to 50%. Additionally, streamers argue that Twitch executives are trying to persuade them into displaying ads, which they believe will repel their users.

However, Twitch argues they have made several changes to appeal to streamers in recent months, including giving them a greater cut of ad revenue, letting them broadcast on rival platforms, and lowering the amount of money they are required to earn on the site before they can cash out.

Indie Game of the Week

Solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!

A dozen dazzling donut dilemmas await you, that's 144 puzzles to please your particular puzzle passions. To excite and delight there are mechanics galore; from splitters to pushers, mergers and cloners, randomizers, teleporters, and more.

Play it on bash.gg starting Friday!

Question of the Day

What's the most searched word on Google?

(Last week’s answer: How much did it cost to make Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V)? ~$250 million)

Bash.edu

• @TheJackyMartin’s thread of threads on Game Development, Marketing, Pitching to Publishers, etc.

• A Medium article on trends we see in gaming - including VR, AR, Streaming, etc.

Shameless plug - We're launching our open beta of bash.gg this Friday, November 4th! Check it out and let us know what you think.