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U Group - Trends & Technology
Trending
Shooters
3rd person
Fortnite
1st person
COD
Multiplayer Cartoons
Fall guys
Among Us
Streaming
Twitch
VR
Half Life ALYX
Driving games
Forza
Mario Kart
F1
Simulators
MS Flight Simulator
Reward systems in game
Learning curves
Player types
Noob
pretty much anyone thats trash
Newby
Young players
Sweats
Someone who takes the game more seriously
Dedicated to one game
Always play to win
All platforms
Casual gamer
Average gamer
Plays for a laugh
Play in short bursts of time
Console
Mobile
Pro gamer
E-sports
Best of the best
Play for a living
S1mple
CS
Age range getting lower ?
Streamers
Ninja
Pro-team
Competes in team games
Trolls
To ruin games for a laugh
Smurfs
Will enter a game at a lower ranking league
Hardcore Gamers
One below a sweat
Played a lot on a game
Play for fun
Play a range of games well - in one area
Social side too
Generally PC focused gamers
p2W - Play 2 Win
Spending money to get in at a higher league level
Things to consider with gamers
Gender
Gamer girls
Becoming more popular
In more realistic shooters
Seen to play more SIMS games
Animal crossing
Immersive gamers
Gamers who enjoy the story
Enjoy the game environment
skyrim
Audio important
Detail in the audio / Footsteps
RPGs
Gamers spend a lot of time on a game
Legend of Zelda
Destiny 2
Themes
Games that have learning curves
pokemon
Cosplay??
OverWatch
backseat gamers
Publishers & Developers
Publishers
Getting a game ready for release
Advertising / Marketing
Locally
Side of buses
YouTube
Adverts
Early codes
To streamers
Valorant:
https://playvalorant.com/en-gb/
Streamers play developers
Social Media
Rage shadow legends heavily pushed on YouTube
Specifically targetted Social media platforms?
Art work for the games
Video trailers
Advertising within other games
Pushing games through Steam platform
Produce physical copies of the games
Distribution
Promotions
Free weekends
6Seige: Free weekends
Discounts
Open Betas
Demos
Developer
Testing
Examples
RockStar
UbisSoft
COD
InfiinityWard
Treyarch
GameFeak, Respawn Entertainment, InnerSloth, Mojang Studios.
Artists
Programmers
Sound designers
Writers
Differences
Not as necessary with Steam these days
Helpful but not neccessary
Cannot quick your day job until money starts rolling in
Publishers can be useful to find a team.
Super Smash Melee - First one rushed through due to pressure from publishers
Gaming services
Buying games
Micro-transactions
Socialising
Voice chat
Communities
Game
Also - on anything
Trading
Steam market
Skins]
Trade games ???
Deals
Special offers
Free games
Free play weekenders
Play on-line
Meet new people
Tournaments
Memberships
Some Game services have different membership levels
Xbox
Xbox gold
Xbox Live]
Playstation
Playstation +
Playstation Now
Stream PS3 PS 2 games
No physical copies of the games
Reward systems
Playing certain games during the week.
Mainly on Xbox
Link into other Game plubishers Game servers
Multi-platform games
Problems with Gaming services
Have to purchase to play online
Otherwise limited functionality
Can become Toxic environments
Reporting functionality
Given warnings
In appropriate actions can get banned for longer
Monitoring of services
Looking for hacking
Accounts being closed if caught
Wall hack - CS:Go - example
User Info provided
Date Of Birth
Username
Real name
Credit / Debit card details
Address
IP addresss
E-mail address
Protection
2 step verification
Log-in from trusted IP addresses
Telephone number
Gaming Platforms
PC
Console
Streaming
Mobile / handheld
Considerations
Specifications
Social
Friends
Peripherals / add-ons
Price
Price of the device
Comparing against other devices
Price of subsciption services / gaming services
Maintenance costs
Price of the games
AAA
Gaming services
Exclusives?
Portability