Kabam

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2017 by Kevin Chou · said 15 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Mar 17, 2017 bullish
Prediction Held up
Kevin Chou predicts a mobile game will generate over $10 billion
“And so this idea that there'll be a Godzilla game at some point in the future that, let's say, gets half a billion people or a billion people, you know, four or five years down the road to play it, and monetizes the way that a Clash of Clans or a Game of War, …”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 9:40 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
Mar 17, 2017
Insight
Chou: Standard consumer metrics like DAU and MAU fail in gaming
“Looking at day one, day seven, day 30, day 90, day one 80, day 365, none of these metrics. Really tell the right, you know, story, nor does looking at DAU, and certainly not MAU. So some of these kind of common metrics that other kind of consumer services use …”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 12:58 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
Mar 17, 2017
Insight
Kevin Chou: Esports needs 5-to-10-year player careers to build fan loyalty
“What'll make this industry really take off is that you need the longevity of the players to be in the five, ideally 10 year long sort of time frame, because people love, you know, having a favorite athlete, right? Like if you're a huge LeBron fan, or if you're…”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 20:19 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
Mar 17, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kabam's ad revenue dropped from $3M to $300K after 2008 crash
“Our advertising revenue went from three million down to about 300,000 dollars in run rates in about 12 months.”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 3:22 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
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