DATA DUMP FRIDAY; Oct 11th
– 9 Month Fortnite Player Count Highs; it’s desperately needed
+ Continuing storyline: can Epic grow UEFN?
+ 30% growth in two years and a mediocre trend line isn’t enough.
++ Roblox is slaying it (but apparently, it’s all bots)!
+ The new EU mobile store should be a part of these metrics.
++10M EGS downloads; little active user bump. Yikes.
– EA is launching The Sims Labs: Town Stories to playtesters; may the franchise realize its potential.
+ Part of EA’s playtesting program, The Sims Labs, where playtesters new ideas roll out within The Sims franchise.
++ Embarrassing EA hasn’t grown it’s 30+ Female demo on mobile with this franchise.
+ $500M over 10 years; The Sims 4 did $1B half that time.
– Archero 2 is in soft-launch; Archero 1 needs re-write.Survivor outclasses + Archero, but decay has slowed.
++ No feature direction (farming!?), stapled on vertical progression hooks.
+ Game needs a rethink, so this couldn’t come sooner.
– Throne and Liberty MAINTAINING START.
+ High PSU-swings, suspected large region concentration.
+ VG Insights reports 47% EU and 22% South America.
++ Bot farming?
-Dragon Ball Sparking is slaying, but mobile has its beat.
+ 91k Steam PSU in Advanced Access; now over 120K.
+ Looking at a $50m plus opening
++ Three-day Advanced Access for special editions.
++ That’s how you do it: three special editions.
+ Back to the season pass content model; let’s go!
+ Dokkan Battle (mobile) has done $3B in its lifetime and $250M in the last 12 months.
