Roundtable - Matchmaking Retention Through Emotional Variability

Jun 3, 2022

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In this Metacast episode, Anil Das-Gupta and Matt Dion, join your host Maria Gillies to discuss:

#1 Sony’s Transmedia Announcements: Are we in the golden age for successful big screen adaptations of games?

#2 When Does Consolidation Mania End: Why are game giants interested in being acquired? What does consolidation mean to the creativity of game development?

#3 Some Players Don’t Want Fair Matchmaking: Popular FPS players and content creators are asking for easy PvP lobbies so they can entertain with crushing wins. Should games optimize their matchmaking design for retention instead of near-perfect skill matching? We dive into Ethan Davison’s ‘Video game developers want fair online games. Some players really don’t.’

If you would like us to discuss any other gaming-related topics, do reach out at maria@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co. We’d love to hear your general thoughts and feedback too!

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