Categories Posted inin Gameplay Interpret: 56% of gamers who are aware of NFTs favor earning them in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 19, 2022 5 min A study of 1,500 console and PC gamers found that 56% of them are interested in earning nonfungible tokens (NFTs) through gaming, according to... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Interpret: South Korea’s PC gaming cafes have survived the pandemic Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 20, 2020 2 min South Korea’s PC gaming cafe market suffered a 25% decline in hours played in March due to the pandemic, but surprisingly the market has... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Interpret: Games are strong entertainment brands, but their fan bases are fragmented Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2019 5 min In terms of revenues, the video game industry eclipses all other forms of entertainment. But when it comes to the strength of their fan... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Interpret: 91% of kids ask parents for permission when spending in mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 12, 2019 2 min About 91 percent of children ages 3 to 12 ask for parental permission before making purchases in mobile games, according to a report from... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Interpret: Women make up 30% of esports audience, up 6.5% from 2016 Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2019 2 min Women’s viewership of esports grew from 23.9 percent of all watchers in 2016 to 30.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 72 million kids in the world want smart toys, right now, please! Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2014 1 min Toy-game hybrid devices like Skylanders and Disney Infinity are in high demand. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Brazilian gamers turn their attention — and spending — to free-to-play Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 22, 2014 2 min The "B" in BRIC is playing more microtransaction-based PC games than ever before. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Hold on, mobile gaming monetization ain’t as easy as it looks Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 18, 2013 2 min Mobile-game monetization rates are worse than social and other game platforms. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Study: Westerners like cloud gaming despite not knowing what it is Posted byby GamesBeat July 6, 2012 1 min Once someone explained the possible value to them, however, 52 percent of U.S. digital gamers said they were “very or somewhat interested” in trying out a cloud service, with Australians only slightly less favorable at 49 percent. Continue Reading 1 min