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Hype vs. Real Deal Asia Edition. Panelists/Oracles. Vishal Gondal CEO & Founder - Indiagames James Gwertzman GM Asia/Pacific - Popcap Games Noritaka Kobayashi VP Business Development - GREE Josh Larson President - Mochi Media Moderator: Stanley Adrianus Founder & CEO, Gamenauts.
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Panelists/Oracles • Vishal GondalCEO & Founder - Indiagames • James GwertzmanGM Asia/Pacific - Popcap Games • Noritaka KobayashiVP Business Development - GREE • Josh LarsonPresident - Mochi MediaModerator: • Stanley AdrianusFounder & CEO, Gamenauts
Game Company Acquisitions Disney buying Indiagames. EA buying Popcap. GREE buying Funzio.Zynga buying 1 GAZILLION developers.More coming in the future…or just hype?
What’s the verdict on Android? Future outlook vs iOS.$$$ - will it ever match iOS?Fragmentation – will it get any better?Better fit for Asian market?(lower cost, penetration, carrier partnerships etc.)
Fallout of Gacha-Gate What will the real effect be for the social games market in Japan and elsewhere?More governments stepping in to regulate?
GREE & DeNA in the West Will they dominate the Western & other Asian markets?US acquisitions (ngmoco & Open Feint) – has it been or ?
Zynga in Asia What will it take for Zynga to win Asian markets?
Bonus Question! Who will win big FIRST globally?ZYNGA vs GREE vs DeNA
Trading Card Games #1 genre in Japanese mobile games.Doliland - $26 million USD revenue in a month.Dragon Collection - 20 Million Users.Will the genre catch on in new territories?
Facebook entering China Is it really happening?What should we expect in terms of platform for games?Easier for Western social games to enter Chinese market?
Game Piracy in Asia Still a big problem or have we defeated it?
Cross platform games PC/Mac iOS Android Worth the extra effort?
“Real” Apple TV iTunes + App Store + SmartTV = Winner? Next Frontier of gaming? Killer of consoles?
Games as Entertainment Brands aka Rovio Factor
Still too early (again)? HTML5 Games
Bonus Topic:The next BIG market in AsiaIndia? Vietnam? Indonesia?