Click To TweetI’ve picked up the skills more based on osmosis and common sense than from a classroom. - Nick Berry”
The majority of developer revenue comes from in-game micro transactions, with money that is spent inside games that are F2P. For the last six years, Nick Berry, Data Scientist, has sifted through the data of all the minnows and whales on every penny spent worldwide on every web-based game on Facebook. In this presentation from Casual Connect USA, he revealed what’s behind the curtain and present this data. Nick proclaimed, “If you have the greatest game in the world and no one knows about it, it is just the greatest game in the world that nobody knows about. Content is king! Distribution is God!” He also reminded the audience that, “It’s cheaper to bring somebody back from the dead than to find somebody new.
At Casual Connect Asia, Newton discussed a key target in the growing global F2P mobile market, American youth. According to Defy Media’s Acumen report for this year, even Asian game studios and publishers are focusing on this target audience. Newton’s session included what sources they watch, what devices they use, and more. This session also examined the attitudes of youth toward digital advertising and data about the type of ads they find acceptable.
