About Us

Chris Bain, PhD

Founder, 

Player One Consulting

After over 25 years of working in both video games & management consulting, I saw that there was an huge unmet need in the games industry for the professional advice on strategy, operations and marketing that other industries took for granted.

I saw that industry leaders were getting very little good external advice to help maximise their growth, adapt to industry challenges or develop new revenue streams. 

I resolved to change this and set up Player One Consulting with the aim of being the definitive source of advice on business, marketing & operational strategy for games companies.

Games Scale Up has been our flagship programme for indie studios since 2020. Until now we ran it on an invite-only basis but for the first time ever, in 2026 we are making it widely available so that as many studios as possible can benefit.