Mobile Gaming Revolution: How New Technologies Breakdown the Apple-Google Duopoly
Mobile Gaming Revolution: Reshaping App Distribution
The mobile gaming industry is huge, currently valued at almost $200 billion and growing. With 3 billion mobile gamers around the world, if they were a country, they'd be the world's largest by far.
However, one element of the industry has become stale: access to games. The market is at the mercy of an Apple-Google duopoly, which exerts almost total control over mobile apps and games.
The Stranglehold of Major Players
Apple's App Store imposes onerous fees on developers, demonstrating total power over which games can be downloaded. Developers feel the pinch, with little recourse if their products are removed arbitrarily.
Emerging Alternatives
It doesn't have to be this way. Smartphones revolutionized gaming 15 years ago, and new technologies now stand to disrupt how mobile games are developed, distributed, and played.
- Exploration of decentralized gaming platforms
- Advancements in cloud gaming
- Shift towards direct downloads
These changes promise to enhance the user experience and empower developers.
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