Skillz claims adding esports to mobile games boosts revenue

Competitive gaming isn’t just for the most passionate gamers.

Skillz is a company that adds esports features such as tournaments and rankings to mobile games, and it claims these can dramatically increase the amount of time and money people spend on an app. Esports is growing into a big business at $493 million. However, mobile can still take advantage of the growing hunger for competitive gaming. Skills told GamesBeat that its developer partners have seen average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) numbers of $0.92, eight times higher than what Skillz says is the industry average of $0.11.