The State of Mobile Gaming - GoGCast 209

In this episode of the GoGCast, we’re crushing candies, clashing clans, catching Pokémons and winning chicken dinners. Following our previous conversation on hypercasual games, we take a look at the current state of mobile gaming as a whole. Mobile gaming is the biggest gaming market, completely overshadowing PC and consoles when it comes to revenue, growth and reach, with its most popular titles being free-to-play. We chat about the current state of mobile gaming and marketplaces and if new services like Apple Arcade can really disrupt the free-to-play model. Plus, Ali shares her first impressions of RAGE 2.

 

What’s Everyone Playing? (00:06:05)

• RAGE 2 First Impressions (00:10:25)

This Week in News (00:30:30)

• EA Access finally coming to PS4 (00:30:30)
• Hold the console wars: Sony and Microsoft explore strategic partnership (00:35:00)
• Minecraft Earth is an AR game coming soon to mobile (00:39:15)
• WoW Classic launch date announced and beta now live and players are reporting actual game features as bugs. (00:43:50)

Topic: The State of Mobile Gaming (00:51:16)

• Mobile is still the fastest growing market according to App Annie (Gameindustry.biz)
• Apple Arcade wants to slay the free-to-play monster iOS helped create (The Verge)
• iPhone users can sue Apple over App Store, Supreme Court rules (cnet)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:15:48)