Level Up - Gaming In 2025 & Beyond
summary
Mobile downloads are down about 6% year‑to‑date vs 2024 while in‑app purchases up 10% across both stores; Sensor Tower flags unknown but potentially large D2C (DTOC) revenue outside stores. PC/console hits 1.4 billion downloads YTD with Steam coming off a record 2024 and on track for another if Q4 holds, 1.4 billion PC/console downloads. Last War Survival drives most mobile revenue H1 2025; Gossip Harbor spikes revenue after switching to a 7‑day task event and ramping live events toward ~75/week. Live ops is not a guarantee: 78% of top 10k live‑ops games see revenue decline and six top 1k titles drop >$100M.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:14Sensor Tower gaming trends
- 2:38Mobile downloads and revenue
- 5:07Geographical and genre trends
- 6:33Top publishers and games
- 7:57PC/console downloads and trends
- 9:02Top PC/console games and publishers
- 11:10Live ops strategies
- 13:59Gossip Harbor case study
- 14:42Conclusion and future outlook
- 16:07Q&A: D2C revenue
- 17:30Q&A: Industry health
- 19:37Q&A: Future predictions
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