The Western Games That Conquered China Henry Fong CEO & Founder, Yodo1, Ltd. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Yodo1
Aug 17, 2014
The Western Games That Conquered ChinaHenry FongCEO & Founder, Yodo1, Ltd.Email: [email protected]: @Yodo1
Key Takeaways From Today’s Session:
● Why Chinese Localization is No Longer Enough
● The Concept of “Deep Culturalization” to Create Games that Play, Distribute and Monetize better in China
● Examples from a Deeply Culturalized Game that have Conquered the China Market with Before/After Performance Comparisons
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Challenges for Western Games Studios…
Monetization & Payment Discovery & Distribution
Social & Mobile
Games
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Cultural Adaptation
Cultural adaptation requires market insight, not just language translation
IP and Brand Protection
Reclaim user base from unauthorized & pirated versions of your game
Deep Culturalization: Transforming into AAA Chinese Productions
Re-scripted StorylineProf. Chinese Voice OversFull Cinematic Cut-Scenes
Alpha Zero零号战机
Local SNSIntegrating the Largest China Social Networks Reaching close to 1B registered users.
Hero Academy SNS Integration:Invite friends to a matchFind friends who are also playing Share achievements with their friends
700M+ users
300M+ users
500M users
Other Gotchas: China Hosted Servers
Traversing the Great FireWall
MonetizationMonetizing a broader demographic by using Banner Ads, offer walls and other Free 2 Play mechanics
Ski Safari: users can get more coin packs by using offer wall
Townsmen: users can get more prestige
MonetizationEnhance revenue with well-designed ad injections Without Impacting Gameplay… Too Much
Enable users to turn off ads when virtual currency above a certain $ is purchased
China Ad Network Partners:
New ContentSustain downloads and retention with on-going original content update targeted at Chinese gamers.
Hero Academy: New hero team and tutorials Clouds & Sheep: Original challenge mode mini-games
Player CommunitiesPulls every player into gaming community WITHOUT ever leaving the game, increasing the social impact of the game with a community of Chinese players
In-game user community, share tactic, screenshots and ask questions all in the game
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Increase Retention
New Content Update
Monetization
China SNS Integration
Deep Culturalization
Western Games That Conquer China…
Not Just Translation, Deep Culturalization,
Sustain downloads with on-going original content
IAPs, Banner Ads, Offeralls
In-Game Player CommunityBut How Do Chinese Gamers Discover, Download and Pay
for my Kick-Ass Game?
Making Sense of China Mobile Game DistributionAndroid Distribution in the West
Conquering China’s Discovery & Distribution ChaosDISTRIBUTION (Downloads)
Preloads
DISCOVERY
AdNetworks
Media
Recommendation Sites/Apps
App Stores
PAYMENT
App Stores
Case Study: Ski Safari
Original Version
35,000 Downloads in 8 months
$69/Day
Original Version Yodo1’s China Edition
LightCulturalization
Light Localization
Deep Culturalization
SNS Integration Cross Network Promotions
Original Version Yodo1’s China Edition
LightLocalization
LocalAd Networks
17,000 Downloads
$75/Day
Local Ad Networks
Local Offerwall
Banner Ads
Original Version Yodo1’s China Edition
Android Distribution
17,000 Downloads
$75/Day
Android Distribution & Payment
Feature spots on 20 top android app stores
1-click carrier billing
LightLocalization
LocalAd Networks
LightLocalization
LocalAd Networks
Android Distribution
Original Version Yodo1’s China Edition
New China Content
17,000 Downloads
$75/Day
New China Content
LightLocalization
LocalAd Networks
Android Distribution
Original Version Yodo1’s China Edition
New China Content
35,000 Downloads in 8 months
$69/Day
The Result:
Total Active Users
7,000,000(3 Mths) 225X Increase1,200,000(1 Mth)
Average Daily Revenue
$7,800 USD 220X Increase$7,500 USD
Additional Resources:● http://www.yodo1.com/china-mobile-game-news
Thank YouHenry FongCEO & Founder, Yodo1, Ltd.Email: [email protected]: @Yodo1