Valve has a plan to hit douche bags in the wallet. Also, Microsoft plans on feeding you more ads, Next-gen consoles are predicted to sell less, one retailer plans on sharing used game sales with publishers, and more on this Mashcast.
Hosts: Jarret Redding, Robert Hill-Williams, Mikey Kenny
Theme: "Insert Coin" - Chris Geehan of Hyperduck Soundworks
Current Gen Power Coming To Mobile by 2014:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-20-xbox-360-gpu-power-coming-to-mobile-by-2014-says-nviDia
Xbox Live to feature more advertisements:
http://www.destructoid.com/thank-christ-xbox-live-to-feature-even-more-advertising--226444.phtml
Retail to share pre-owned sales with publishers:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-24-retailer-plans-to-share-10-percent-of-pre-owned-sales-with-publishers
Next-gen consoles predicted to sell less than current gen:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-23-next-gen-consoles-to-see-hindered-hardware-sales-compared-to-previous-generation-says-analyst
Valves New F2P Model:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/40568/Valve-DOTA-2-will-be-a-new-kind-of-free-to-play
http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/24/valves-new-pricing-will-charge-players-based-on-how-much-of-a-jerk-they-are/
Death Threats:
http://kotaku.com/5904367/another-day-another-death-threat-from-gamers-to-the-people-who-make-video-games
