The business started down the path of mobile games several years ago.
Plotnick: Well, somewhat it’s a continuation, although I think it needs to be more focused, with more prioritization.
GamesBeat: Do you see different opportunities than what was being pursued by Jeff Karp? While the industry today is focused elsewhere, I see an opportunity for growth. Three, I like the space it operates in, especially the current focus from Big Fish on the mobile casual game space, which I think is where there’s significant opportunity. But it’s large enough to have the broader skill set, the investment model, the services you need to run and grow a large company. It’s small enough to feel very entrepreneurial. I saw that in Pixel United broadly, and certainly within Big Fish. One is I loved the idea of a business that was solely focused on games, as opposed to being part of a large organization where gaming was one of very many things they do. GamesBeat: What attracted you to Big Fish? Basically anything that had to do with the digital gaming space, I was probably in some way involved. I was involved in the acquisition of Twitch. Before that I was part of building our studios organization, building AWS services, our game engine. I was running Prime Gaming for the last six years at Amazon, building the Prime Gaming business. Plotnick: Eleven and a half years at Amazon, working on Amazon Gaming. GamesBeat: What were you doing right before this? Larry Plotnick is the new head of Big Fish Games. Here’s an edited transcript of our interview.
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