tiga gamedev night leeds sept 2012
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The slides to my little talk at TIGA GameDev Night in Leeds (6 Sept 2012). It is sort of an abbreviated version of some I did previously (plus pretty Pegasus)TRANSCRIPT
Myths
@vhirsch
Volker HirschGlobal Head of Business Development -
Games
TIGA GameDev NightLeeds, 6 Sept 2012
& Reality
http://speakingofresearch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/myths.jpg
Myth
What you getReality
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Reality
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex A-9, symmetrical multi-processing
1 GHz RAM
1080p HD
HDMI out
HTML5
Flash
Multi-tasking
Scoreloop Social Gaming
Tons of Engines and Libraries
Premium Stereo Sound
...
(Soon to be) Reality
Myth
Reality
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Reality
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Reality
One f***ing day!Michael Schade, CEO
Myth
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Tumbleweed_rolling.jpg
More paid downloads than Android Market.
43% more average daily downloads per app than the [Apple] App Store.
40% more revenue than Android apps.
13% of BlackBerry developers make more than $100,000, considerably more than on iOS and Android.
http://www.andreandpenny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/100-Dollar-Bills-HD-Wallpaper.jpg
research2guidance
Vision Mobile
Evans Data Corp
Yankee Research Group
Reality
Average spend on paid for app
!3.8
!2.8
!2.8
% have ever made in-app purchase
42%
35%
36%
Average spend on each in-app
purchase
!4.5
!3.9
!3.2
Big spenders...
Over 6 million downloads daily.
Nearly 30 apps per user.
Over 3 billion downloads
2nd most profitable app store
Industry-leading reach: App World available in 177 countries and growing!
Carrier Billing with over 40 major carriers such as AT&T, Vodafone, Rogers etc and expanding rapidly!
Games are driving app sales on PlayBook
http://gapingvoid.com
Social ≠ Social Media...
55m+ active users
Powerful social graph
Drives usage and uptake by 15x on average
Social discovery, gifting, etc.
Asynchronous multi-player
In-game chat with your (real) friends
API to integrate into games
190m+ users
Cross-platform (BB10, iOS, Android, Marmalade)
Profile, leader boards, achievements, challenges
Cloud storage: save-state
Virtual currencies & goods
Modular architecture
BlackBerry Game App
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XdP6Lp2ceqY/S9w-2B5I0PI/AAAAAAAAPwk/g5di2eFrGy0/s1600/HD-1900x1200.jpg
Come on board!
@vhirsch
+44 7795 970 191
http://vhirsch.com