Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

Another great use case is for PC and console games that require compute flexibility ( Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) , hybrid cloud paired with on-premises gear) with ability to burst into the cloud. Metaverse – metaverse experiences are creating results for 3D content creation, gaming, interactive events, and XR streaming.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unreal, on the other hand, is considered to be the main player in the AAA industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). When we look at the landscape of the biggest and most successful game content companies today, we see that brand is the most common defensibility.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Supercell attempted to fight this trend by building better tools and a greater focus on user-generated content. This is great news, as their key franchises desperately need more content more often. This has increased the interest in PC and Console platforms.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. If you’re looking to switch your game from console to mobile, then Dicey Dungeons is a prime example of doing this right. They removed all of the F2P monetization, polished some of the features, and released a new batch of content for season 4.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

We preview all the amazing Deconstructor of Fun content coming next week to GDC then get into the news. Eric and Laura give Ethan and Phil major fomo about all the amazing people and sessions they missed at the gaming event of the year!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. The Call of Duty series began with the original Call of Duty on PC and console in 2003 and has released one title every year since.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Although most of them come from the F2P mobile sector, the industry has observed professionals transitioning from the PC/console space to focus on developing AAA-quality blockchain games. Improved UGC integration : There is no denying that User Generated Content is becoming more and more important each day.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Additionally, the Pass-related quests are great to foster horizontal content exploration , by directing players to engage with specific game modes or incentivizing them to acquire, play with and upgrade all the characters. I get THIS MANY CONTENT for this little money!? LiveOps linked to Pass content. You’ve got a deal!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

But when you think about the AAA catalogs offered by Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Now, this just seems like a nearly impossible battle to take on for a streaming media company with little game development experience, no matter how flush with cash they are. These games could be a console, pc, or mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Check out Xsolla’s solutions for more information. Product Evolution.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most of the games on blockchain run either on browser or PC. The rules regarding IAP methods are now the following: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets, etc. to $184.4B

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

3rd party IPs account for about 20% of the Top 300 Grossing games in the USA (not counting event content). This is almost impossible to make game about unless it was a AAA console action game in the vein of Uncharted. Simply put, with the right circumstances, IPs mitigate risk.

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