Turkey is becoming one of the most important countries in the game ecosystem. In recent years, many game companies operating in our country have been purchased / partnered with by various companies abroad. In this context, Google broke new ground in Turkey and signed an important event with the cooperation of Deconstructor of Fun, one of the important names of the game world.
Istanbul Mobile Game Event, where prominent names of the industry such as Deconstructor of Fun Founder Michail Katkoff, Google Turkey Games, Applications & Initiatives Sector Leader Sencer Kutluğ, Eric Seufert, Javier Barnes, Matej Loncaric and Nimrod Levy were speakers, hosted sessions on different topics. scrutinized the mobile gaming ecosystem. We followed the event on the spot.
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Mobile games account for 52 percent of game revenues
He was the speaker of the opening session of the event, which took place with 8 sessions and 17 speakers. Deconstructor of Fun Founder Michail Katkoffstarted his speech by mentioning the potential of Istanbul. Pointing out that Istanbul is increasing its position in the game ecosystem day by day, Katkoff made the following statements on the developments in the mobile game world;
“Mobile games account for 52 percent of total game revenues. Not only that, the mobile gaming ecosystem continues to grow, evolve and mature. When we look at the mobile game world in 2021, the biggest share in the number of downloads is 80 percent. casual in games. In the second place with 13 percent mid-core games are included.
When it comes to reaching the top, it is possible to say that the trend here has changed in recent years. Games in the top 100 now receive a larger share of total revenue. In 2022, 65 percent of mobile game revenues went to the top 100 games. In addition, the average time for a game to reach the top 100 decreased from 9 months in 2021 to 6 months in 2022.
While 22 new games managed to enter the top 100 in 2021, this number increased to 30 in 2022. In reaching the summit, four important factors stand out: Marketing strength, product excellence, genre expertise and having a diversified portfolio. It seems that the mobile game world will continue to increase its growth rate in the coming period.”
“Istanbul is becoming a game center”
He started his speech by saying that the last two years, especially with the pandemic, have changed the perceptions about the game world. Sencer Kutluğ, Google Turkey Gaming, Application & Initiatives Industry Leader, He said the following on the changing ecosystem and the reflections of this situation on the game industry;
“In the mobile game world, where the socialization aspect has come to the fore more with the effect of the pandemic, searches for multiplayer games increased by 300 percent. Also, 65 percent of people said they started playing more games during the pandemic period. 52% of the $ 180 thousand revenue generated by the gaming world in 2021 comes from mobile games.
Turkey’s share in the mobile world continues to increase day by day. In the last 2 years, 200 game companies were established in Turkey, which increases the number of active game companies in Turkey to 500. While 16 investment agreements were made in 2020, this number increased to 56 in 2021, and it is expected to exceed this figure this year. As it can be understood from here, Istanbul is becoming a game center like Tel Aviv and Helsinki.”
Google Turkey Continues to Contribute to the Growing Gaming Ecosystem
Sencer Kutluğ also mentioned the rising mobile game trends in the recent period and underlined that game companies that want to keep up with the trends should invest in multiple technologies, give importance to modeling and adapt to innovations.
Touching on the expectations of both the players and the industry for the future of the mobile game world, Sencer gave place to Google’s contributions to the game ecosystem in the last part of his speech. Explaining that he supports 35 game startups with the Gaming Growth Lab, which helps to accelerate the growth of game developer companies, Sencer also mentioned the incubation programs supported by Google to continue to feed the ecosystem by supporting the growth of startups, and the talent training camps it organized to close the talent gap in the industry.