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Peter Bell

Founder, Purpose Made. Helping studios and boardrooms maximise IP value.

THE DAILY DIGEST

Apr 3, 2026

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8 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Four stories about the distance between building something and getting it to the people who would pay for it.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Apr 2, 2026

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6 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Four astronauts launched to the Moon last night for the first time since 1972. Back on Earth, three stories showed what separates the things that endure from the things that don't.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell

Gaming

THE DAILY DIGEST

Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Nintendo doesn't need its consoles to carry the franchise anymore. Today's Super Mario Galaxy Movie opens to a projected $350 million global debut while the rest of the industry argues over who owns the screen, who owns the audience, and whether either still matters.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 31, 2026

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7 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Gaming's most valuable IP portfolios are being reorganised this week, and every deal on the table is answering the same question: who controls the layer between the characters and the audience?

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 30, 2026

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7 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

The price of playing went up last week. So did the price of watching. Does the audience's attachment belong to the platform, the hardware, or the world they came for?

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 27, 2026

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8 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

The money moved this week. It moved away from the people who make games and toward the people who aggregate, finance, and capture value from them.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 26, 2026

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6 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

The industry cut another thousand jobs yesterday and celebrated a record debt sale on the same day. The question nobody in either room is answering: what happens to the people in between.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 25, 2026

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5 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Epic, Nintendo, and Sony announced cuts within hours of each other, all targeting cost structures sized for a growth rate that never arrived. The real cut was to the story that justified them.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 24, 2026

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6 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Two of today’s biggest stories are about who controls the infrastructure of entertainment. Project Hail Mary suggests the audience already knows where it wants to go.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 23, 2026

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8 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

The gap between what something takes to build and what the market gives it to prove itself has never been narrower.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 21, 2026

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6 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Ownership is moving faster than the things being owned.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell
THE DAILY DIGEST

Mar 20, 2026

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9 min read

THE DAILY DIGEST

Capital is choosing sides, and the old categories are dissolving.

Peter Bell
Peter Bell

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