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Business of Games: 2023 prediction from a work-for-hire studio perspective

Business of Games - retention benchmark by platformEnlisting the retention benchmark by the platform for the top2%, top 25%, and median of all games

Business of Games: Match game genre, CPI per platformQ4 2022, benchmark

Business of Games: Metaverse here, metaverse theremetaverse vs virtual experiences

Business of Games: Why Hybrid-casual over hyper-casualVoodoo's Alex Shea: “Hypercasual is dead”

Business of Games - Successful game vs clones RpD statsSurvivor.io (S) vs Lone Survivor (LS) vs Heroes vs Hordes (HH)

Business of Games - Homescapes playbook with new events Homescapes in-game event

Business of Games: Trending Meta1. Character collection and social clan 2. Mini-games

Business of Games - Trending game takeaways, Marvel Snapgame trends and stats

Business of Games: Lotsa Slots game performance vs the recent monetization overhaul doubled the rewards and coins, increased the ad placements 🎰

Business of Games - best month to conduct soft launch Missed your game release on Dec 2022 🤔

Business of Games: Apple game recession impact - most successful vs declined genres in 2021 vs 2022wrt to rev and downloads

Business of Games - Trending game takeaways, expectation vs SSSnaker 🐍 a game from the publisher who did Survivor.io, Archero

Business of Games: Ad units preference vs genre with insights on RV ads integration 101 that can be used in any game

Business of Games: Consumer Spend stats LATAM (AR, BR and MX) Is LATAM can be a good target

GameDev musings - Match3 game trends & ASO tipsHey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 Use storytelling creatives on your game page to connect with your audience and build a brand. ⚡ It helps you integrate emotional CTA Sneak peek 👀 into some of the decor M3 game store pages Cartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games: Indian Android market share OS version vs screen resolution Oct 2022, stats

Business of Games - Playtest framework collecting and sharing frameworks I <3

Business of Games: Trending game takeaways, Frozen CityFeb 2023 stats

Business of Games: new feature trends (match3 game💎)Lily's Garden 🧑🏾‍🌾🏡

Business of Games - Successful game takeaways, stats Golf ClashNov 2022 stats

Business of Games: Will Fortnite UGC and metaverse will lead the wayUnreal Editor For Fortnite (UEFN)

Business of Games - 1/5th of blockchain games are discontinued (more to follow) how to avoid the pitfall, a view from a game dev service provider

Business of Games - multiplayer features and its priorityDec 2022

Business of Games: popularity of mini-game mode in US top 200 grossing casual vs midcore games comparison

Business of Games - Cloud gaming never retires 🤺🪳Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 Should I say that cloud gaming is done as Google's failed with StadiaORCloud gaming never retires with the following recent funds...Vodafone Idea partners with CareGame for India’s first cloud gaming service.The emergence of Graphics as a service, with Well-Link Technologies raises $40MCloud gaming demands new exclusive content for the adoption over better speed.Cartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games - create a forum for your game in 2 clicksHey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Create a forum for your game on discord with 2 clicksEnable the community option in the server you want to create the forum channel, once it's enabled you can create the "forum channel"- Cartic P, @iCarticPS, check my previous post about discord vs forum 👇http://newsletter.icartic.com/issues/business-of-games-discord-vs-forum-1360975

Business of Games - gamedevs Amazon Publishing Service should be on your radar in 2023 Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Amazon Publishing Service should be on your radar in 2023Why: 52% of teens cite Amazon as their No. 1 favorite e-comm site vs SHEIN, Nike, Lululemon, and PacsunPast Stats: In 2021, Amazon was responsible for ~14% of the overall US digital ad market, google had 26% and FB had 24%. You can use Amazon as a bidderLimitation: Amazon is currently running ONLY BANNER ads as inventory with APS. We need to wait for other creatives' support. Keep an eye out for Amaz…

Business of Games - Sneak peek at interesting top 200 grossing games in AppStore Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Sneak peek at interesting top 200 grossing games in AppStore, Triple Match 3D. Game developed by Boombox Games Ltd., the game looks like the popular Match3D game. It's currently a new entrant in the top-grossing position of 150. >> Cartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games, Netflix games stats LT downloads, last 30 days downloads…Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Netflix games breakdown, with stats like game LT downloads, last 30 days downloads, geo specs… Top 5 markets for Netflix games: US, Brazil, FR, UK, and Canada7 games had 1M+ LT downloads5 games had 100K+ downloads — in the last 30 daysStranger things IP games had 500K+ downloads1.7 million engaged users vs ~221 million Netflix subscribersCartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games - median CPI by ad spend Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Enlisting the median CPI for the top 10 countries by ad spend in Q3 2022, Android vs iOS US = $0.56 (android) vs 0.71 (iOS)JP = $0.44 vs 0.66CA = $0.35 vs 0.44AU = ❓ vs 0.44UK = $0.29 vs 0.39KR = $0.27 vs 0.44DE = $0.22 vs 0.35FR = $0.16 vs 0.25BR = $0.06 vs $0.14IN = $0.02 vs NA :PCN = NA vs $0.21>> Cartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games - Successful game takeaways, stats Golf ClashNov 2022 stats

Business of Games: Trending game takeaways, Frozen CityFeb 2023 stats

Business of Games - Trending game takeaways, Marvel Snapgame trends and stats

Business of Games - median CPI by ad spend Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗Enlisting the median CPI for the top 10 countries by ad spend in Q3 2022, Android vs iOS US = $0.56 (android) vs 0.71 (iOS)JP = $0.44 vs 0.66CA = $0.35 vs 0.44AU = ❓ vs 0.44UK = $0.29 vs 0.39KR = $0.27 vs 0.44DE = $0.22 vs 0.35FR = $0.16 vs 0.25BR = $0.06 vs $0.14IN = $0.02 vs NA :PCN = NA vs $0.21>> Cartic P, @iCartic

Business of Games: Snapshot of Google Play's pre-launch tools against various stages of releaseGoogle Play's pre-launch tools tips

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