PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

billion in 2025E Esports & Live-Streaming face ongoing monetization challenges. Despite generating substantial revenues, major platforms like Twitch continue to struggle with profitability. And Web-based gaming is reinvigorated, growing +5.8% Similarly, non-endemic brands are pushing into gaming.

Esports 104

Esports Entertainment Cross platform Console 104

AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This digital transformation wave affected several industries, from retail to healthcare, from hospitality to financial services. Today it has expanded to other media such as Riot’s League of Legends Netflix animation and Music business, or through different TV and online formats such as the LoL Esports tournaments.

Platformer 62

Platformer Development Data Games 62

Game Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

They attract rampant financial speculation, leading to esports-like bubbles that must inevitably deflate. Like esports, it is the focus of unwise speculation and hype. Individually and collectively, these terms complicate our view of the future, because they are manifestations of the fleeting present.

Technology 95

Technology Games Esports Co-op 95

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

Polygon has a huge ecosystem of games, art collections, big retail brands (like Starbucks), and so many more. It’s not that Magic Eden could not have brought more gamers onto their platform or Fenix Games could not have built a nice marketplace.

Games 52

Games Polygon Studios Cross platform 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

With AWS, the #1 cloud service in the world, and Twitch, the #1 video game streaming platform, Amazon’s product strategy is naturally centered around 1) network heavy MMOs and 2) social first, streaming first eSports games. Google Cloud for Stadia, Facebook for social games).

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52