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Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead to 2021 (SensorTower's Randy Nelson Interviews JK)

Nov 26, 2020

43:56

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Future of the Firm

4min

The Importance of Product and Organization in a Company

2min

The Future of Mobile Data

2min

The Impact of Sensor Tower Data on the Indian Market

4min

The Impact of Decentralized Release Schedules on the Game Industry

2min

The Benefits of Having a Decentralized Workforce

3min

The Rise of Multiplayer Games in 2020

5min

The Peter Theo Zero to One Concept for Shooter Games

2min

10.

The Growth of the Gaming Audience in 2020

4min

11.

How to Address the New Audience in 2021

4min

12.

What to Expect in 2021

2min

13.

The Trends for Mid-Core Games in 2021

3min

14.

The Impact of Influencers on Mobile Games

2min

15.

The Future of Facebook Gaming Cloud Game Snap Games

3min

In today’s episode, Randy Nelson from Sensor Tower interviews me (Joseph Kim) about gaming trends in 2020 and potential impacts for the future including 2021 specifically.

In this discussion we talk about not only the defining trends of 2020 and what will be the longer term impacts from 2020 into 2021 and beyond but in addition:

The nature of the firm
Building not only product, but also organizational advantage
How to think about and build structural advantage
How we view India from the perspective of LILA Games
Release schedules
Remote work
How to think about Multiplayer games
How to pick game markets and knowing a secret
Impact of gaming on kids and future opportunity
Changes to game studios in 2021 including the adoption of better scenario analysis and building framework to deal with unexpected events, and a potential rationalization of the market
Trends to midcore games
Game communities and influencers
Facebook gaming