Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s mostly because mobile devices became the platform du jour to publish movie tie-in games and other similar shovelware-style titles. In addition to the rise of mobile, the relationship between a movie tie-in console game’s development cycle and the movie itself was already fraying in the mid to late 2000s.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games development incorporates PC games and consoles. According to the freshest statistics by Newzoo, in 2022 the industry continues to grow and become even more profitable worldwide, where the key driver belongs to console games. Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends. AAA video game development trends.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The advent of handheld gaming consoles marked a significant era in the gaming industry. This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

source: Newzoo reports Despite the unprecedented slate of blockbuster titles, console games grew at a slower pace than inflation. Diablos, EAFC, Madden, Hogwarts Legacy, Baldurs Gate 3, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom… 2023 seemed like the year for consoles with all those blockbusters launching back-to-back. Yet this did not materialize.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

If market trends, especially on PC and Console, are something you want to hear more about, I highly suggest you check out my conversation with Newzoo’s Head of Consulting, Ben Porter below. Tools, tech and platforms (aka. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. Albeit the marketing constraints would remain.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2023

Not yet, we hope more devs can try on Nintendo Switch publish pstrejczek: Are there any plans to support other major console brands (xbox ,playstation) ? Currently not yet, we are still a mobile first game engine, we are not trying to attract AAA studios from using in-house, Unreal, Unity engines.

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Starloop Studios

JULY 6, 2023

Though platform-exclusive games still exist and occupy a major part of console manufacturers’ success, players have never [.]

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world. What is Unreal?

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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. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2023

Santosh has worked on all gaming platforms, but his core competencies are PC, consoles, mobile and web games. The Beginning of the Journey Santosh’s journey into gaming began when he was 11 years old and saw some of the neighborhood boys playing on their consoles. Super Mario Bros is of course a classic.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, apart from its art outsourcing services, it offers cross-platform porting, AI, and web development. AAA Game Art Studio. AAA Game Art Studio is willing to take on all difficulties as long as they are connected to outsourcing game art. It specializes in game development. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Our opinion on why is in line with Ilkka’s words above The lack of successful new game launches by Supercell stems mainly from the fact that all their games after Brawl Stars only offered incremental innovation over products that already existed in mobile , instead of a more disruptive proposal on the platform.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

The game is an almighty genre mishmash almost reminiscent of a AAA console game, carefully combining heavy story and character-driven RPG elements with hectic shooter gameplay. Take influence from viral trends on media platforms, such as TikTok, but remember that these trends won’t stay around forever.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It was designed to work with the latest generation of consoles and PCs. There is no up-front cost to utilize Unreal, regardless of whether you are a AAA firm or a hobbyist developer. First off, the Unreal Engine is a powerful game development engine that gives developers a comprehensive set of tools to create video games.

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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). Embedding We see embedding defensibility more in game infrastructure and technology platform companies. Firebase), etc. Maybe EA (founded in 1982)?

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Stumble Guys Player Motivations (Source: GameRefinery SaaS platform). Fall Guys has a strong position in the casual market for PC/console players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. 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. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The top 200 merge game titles (source: GameRefinery platform). Player motivations data: Merge games (Average) vs. Gossip Harbor (source: GameRefinery platform). Source: GameRefinery platform ). Farlight Games has put a lot of effort into bringing these heroes to life with AAA-quality 3D animation and voiceover work.

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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. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. out of 10 in no time. Dicey Dungeons by Terry Cavanagh.

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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. For example, Gala Games acquired Ember Entertainment at the beginning of 2023 in order to bring Ember’s portfolio onto their platform.

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Game Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s the question addressed by Ampere Analysis’ Piers Harding-Rolls in a recent webinar report, titled Dissecting the competitive landscape for console games in 2023. Harding-Rolls shared how much live service and multiplayer games have come to dominate the console landscape.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. With Xsolla you can easily launch your own cross-platform player account system Let your players stay connected and engaged no matter which platform they play on. The money you save on platform fees will go directly into further improving and growing your games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Yet this year it’s the console segment that is the biggest revenue growth driver, with an impressive +7.4% Moving into work-from-home setups, especially for the console’s many massive AAA titles, further hamstrung the majority of the studios. Console publishers rely on blockbuster franchises. year-on-year increase.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. These games could be a console, pc, or mobile. It’s the reason the N3TWORK Scale Platform exists. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. They could be all of the above.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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. The power of PC/console brands can not be underestimated on mobile. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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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

JUNE 6, 2022

The obvious intention is to try to move this high-value purchase to third-party payment systems, therefore avoiding the store platform fees. Some of those games are cross-played with PC and Console. Through their website store, Supercell fans can buy a bundle of Gold Passes with a 20% discount.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It will help big platforms like the App Store to meet on a common ground. There are cross platform games that sell items outside the App Store that can be used with the mobile version on the App Store. This will definitely prevent any game from entering the platform as long as they want their players to trade NFTs between each other.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

This royalty was as high as 20% depending on the platform and the conditions of the market. They eliminated the creator royalties and decreased their platform royalty (the cut they take as the marketplace) to as low as 0.5%. Of course, how much you want to take as royalty depends on the asset type and community.

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