Everything You Need to Build a Modern Cross-Play Enabled Game
summary
Cross-play increases retention and spending with concrete numbers: players who play 50 rounds a month with friends are 80% less likely to churn and even a few friend sessions cut churn by ~50% while a $50 spender makes friends 8% more likely to spend and pushes close friends 9% toward churn when they disengage. Epic Online Services supplies matchmaking, lobbies, P2P relay, progression, inventory and account linking, offers Easy Anti-Cheat and parental flows via Super Awesome, and is stated as 100% free.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to cross-play
- 1:20Business impact of cross-play
- 5:23Technical components of EOS
- 9:18Cross-platform social features
- 12:09Future roadmap and innovation
- 17:17Decentralized gaming future
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