Kliuless? Gaming Industry Insights #64
Hi, my name is Kenny Liu, and each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
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Business Strategy
Analysts dole out 2020 predictions
Matthew Ball: 7 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Take Over
Hidden Benefits of Digital Marketing Attribution Modeling
Shopify: A StarCraft Inspired Business Strategy
Design
Level Design Patterns in 2D Games
Breaking linear character progression with Outer Worlds' flaw system
Cross-Platform / Multi-Platform
Grand Theft Auto V comes to Xbox Game Pass
Dell's 'Concept UFO' is a Switch-like portable gaming PC
Rainway lets you play your PC games on mobile devices or web browsers
At 10m players, Xbox calls Sea of Thieves its most successful new IP this gen
PC / Console
Only two of the biggest Steam games in 2019 were new releases [KL: GaaS continues]
Platinum Games will use Tencent investment to 'explore self-publishing'
Mobile
LG Patents a Smartphone Case with a Flexible Display
Samsung's next foldable phone could be this RAZR-like clamshell
XR: AR / MR / VR
Sensor Tower: Pokémon GO Has Best Year Ever in 2019 (~$900m in player spend)
The Information: Facebook’s Chief Scientist Predicts Mass Adoption of AR Is 5-10 Years Away
NextMind is building a real-time brain computer interface, unveils Dev Kit for $399 [KL: wow]
Samsung’s ‘artificial human’ project looks like a digital avatar
New Yorker: Taking Virtual Reality for a Test Drive
Esports & Influencers
The Future of Influencer Marketing Is in China
How one company orchestrated a talent war between Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube
Related: Facebook Gaming grows 210% in 2019 as it battles Twitch, YouTube
NYT: Hype House and the Los Angeles TikTok Mansion Gold Rush
Asia
Chinese spend ~2 days/week
