This is the presentation I gave at the UKTI Yorkshire Games event organised by Jamie Sefton from Games Republic

1. What's Happening In Games?
State of Play

2. • GTAV delivers $800m in first day
• Candy Crush has 70m DAU
• Supercell generating £2.4m/Day
• Income vs. Profitability
Mind-blowing Numbers

3. • Race to 1,000,000 Apps
• Over 50bn Downloads
• 1000/200 Apps/Games per day
• App Store Ranking Stagnates
Discovery
Challenges

4. Not Just The App Store

5. • Top 25 Paid: 3500 Downloads/Day
• Top 25 Free: 35000 Downloads/Day
• Paid £££ = Quality???
• Paid £££ = Discovery???
Free or Paid

6. • Press Anger Over $$$ sales to children
• OFT Investigation
• Designer 'backlash' over F2P
• Results: Don't be Evil
Is F2P Evil?

7. • Facebook Social Games Down
• Online eCPM >$1 per loyal user
• Mobile eCPM <$6 per loyal user
• Opportunity for Indie FB games???
RIP Social Games?

8. • "Unconsole" Wimper or Wonder?
• PS4 vs XBOX ONE
• Cromecast or Android Dongles
• Apple TV & Controller Support
• Cross-Platform Challenges
New Platforms

9. • 14-15/10/13: Game Marketing Europe
• 23-25/10/13: Casual Connect Kiev
• 30/10-1/11/13: ExPlay (Bath)
• 5-7/11/13: GDC NEXT (LA)
• 21/11/13: Social Games & Gambling (London)
• 3-6/12/13: Game Connection Paris
• 7-8/1/14: White Nights St Petersburg
• 21/1/14: Pocket Gamer Connects
• 11-13/2/14: Casual Connect Amsterdam
• 25-27/3/14: Game Connection (SF)
• 25-29/3/14 GDC (San Fran)
Events

13. oscar@applifier.com
@Athanateus
@Everyplaydev
http://blog.everyplay.com
Thank you :)
Any Questions?