#8:电子游戏机游戏依然占据首要地位,而电脑游戏位居第二。据ESA(电子软件联盟)估计,68%的美国玩家都用电脑屏幕玩游戏。
在2000年初,大多数玩家都是从实体店购买游戏,而今随着宽带网使用的持续增加,玩家逐渐转为从网上购买,这是一种趋势。这也使得游戏公司如Steam、 EA、 Amazon、以及 Good Old Games等能够获得更大的盈利,也激发了更多的独立游戏从业者进入到行业中来。比如,Minecraft游戏公司开发的是独立游戏,迅速获得玩家青睐。
独立游戏发展壮大,而其它的游戏类型却在衰弱。多人角色网上扮演游戏曾经是势力庞大的网上游戏,如今却饱和了,许多小型的网络游戏都被关闭了,只剩下少数大型的公司还在坚持。有些人认为,多人角色扮演游戏开始在西方手机游戏平台占据一定地位,并有可能在将来手机和因特网连接更加完善后获得发展机遇。目前的趋势表明,多亏了电子竞技的发展,竞技场类游戏,如英雄联盟和DOTA2越来越受欢迎。星际争霸2还继续激发电子竞技的兴趣。
#11:Note: This graph shows subscriptions for over 100 different MMORPGs around the world.
For detailed information in English:
http://www.newzoo.com/trend-reports/mmo-trend-report/
备注:图为全世界100多个大型多人在线角色扮演游戏的用户情况。英文语言方面的详情请点击:http://www.newzoo.com/trend-reports/mmo-trend-report/
#24:The big question people ask me are what marketplaces are available for the Western market other than the App Store or Google Play? There are a few additional marketplaces that are available for the developer or publisher. The question comes to play as to how they both monetize from their games. Most marketplaces currently only do a percentage split of monetization either using their in-house advertising platform or on purchases from the marketplace. The amount of marketplaces are very small compared to China’s tens of services. But the relationships are more trusting. Most (if not all) marketplaces only ask for an API to be installed and won’t ask for source code or other modifications to your game. Most also will ask for the developer to create and send updates to their games when required. A brief description is also needed for the game.
最大的问题是,在西方市场除了App Store和Google Play以外,还有什么市场?实际上还有少数几个开发商和发行商的市场。问题是他们是怎么盈利的呢?现有的大部分市场都是采用提成的形式,比如使用内部广告平台或者从市场上购买游戏。相比于中国的服务来说,西方的市场还是比较小的。不过西方市场的生意关系却是更可信的。大部分的市场(如果不是全部)都只是要求安装API,而不会要求提供源代码,也不会要求您对游戏做出修改。大部分的市场都会要求开发商制造游戏并在需要的时候给他们最新的更新包。当然,他们也会要求一个简短的游戏描述。
Some marketplaces will have sales for games and may advertise your game in the marketplace. This is at times spontaneous or can be placed with special sales events that you create with the marketplace manager. Gaming the marketplace system, which happens constantly in Chinese marketplaces, is highly frowned upon and is not considered a positive thing in western companies. Promotion by other places (websites, forums, facebook, twitter, etc.) is highly recommended.
有的市场也会有营销人员给您的游戏做广告。广告是同时进行的,或者说您也可以和市场经理一起策划一些活动。在中国,游戏广告一直存在,而这在西方并不认为是什么好事,西方游戏公司都很不屑的。因而,我们积极建议您通过其它渠道比如网站、论坛、facebook、twitter等来进行游营销工作。