Konami released a smartphone game called PAWAFURU PUROYAKYU Eikan Nine Cross Road in September. It is a baseball simulation game, where you play as a high school baseball manager, training and instructing your team members.
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How Disney plus users overlap with Netflix, a look from Twitter follower correlations
Streaming services compete with originals. In 2013, Netflix set the tone by receiving major Emmy nominations with its first original, The House of Cards. In 2019 Disney followed by launching with more than 10 exclusives, reaching 10 million sign-ups in a few days.
Originals are attractive, but expensive. Netflix invested $100 million in The House of Cards. Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer segment is losing money. Service providers and investors need to know whether focusing on originals are leading to profit.
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In 2019 Disney+ launched with more than 10 originals, reaching 10 million sign-ups in a few days. Exclusives seem to attract new customers. But are those newcomers interested in other titles? Will they continue their subscription?
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Game industry’s approach to subscription is mixed. Microsoft is pushing Xbox Game Pass ahead of its hardware business, Sony and Nintendo are using subscriptions as a supplement and Google has stopped Stadia.
How are games different from music or video in terms of subscription? Are gamers interested in a huge library to play for a small monthly fee?
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Most of the discussions about game streaming focus on bringing existing products to streaming. Google’s Stadia announcement in March 2019 was mostly about bringing PC/console games like Assassin’s Creed, DOOM and NBA 2K to streaming. But game streaming has not gained momentum even during the pandemic, when many game companies have increased profits.
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