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Kim: Top mobile shooter games are almost entirely developed in China
“Almost all of the top mobile shooter games are all developed by Chinese companies effectively, right?”
Kim: AI will allow a solo Indian developer to become a billionaire
“I actually think that this is going to be an incredibly rare moment in time and probably, you know, I, and I believe unprecedented, unprecedented in history where you're going to have the opportunity for some kid in India To become like a billionaire as a sing…”
Kim: Apple's privacy policies are killing ad-driven hyper-casual game monetization
“The summary is you can't do targeting anymore because of Apple's Privacy policies. And so the ability for the hyper-casual games that are largely driven off of the ad-driven model to then make money off of those ads through targeting is going away. And Apple j…”
Kim: US console and PC game budgets reach $100M to $300M
“In the U.S., budgets are, like, to make a game now is like a 103 hundred million dollars for like a, Or an HD or PC or console game.”
Kim: Roblox game Adopt Me makes about $70M for its creators
“Like Adopt Me probably makes like seventy million to that team.”
Kim: Shooters generate the majority of gaming revenue in India
“My only understanding of the Indian market is that it does seem that it's highly skewed to shooters. It does seem like shooters are making the majority of the money in India.”
Kim: Unreal Engine Will Likely Become the Dominant Game Engine
“In the long term, if current trends continue, Unreal is likely the engine of choice in the not too distant future.”
Kim: Fresh IIT grads can earn 50 lakhs in game engineering
“So like, if you go to IIT and you come out, you can make, you know, 40, 50 lakhs.”
Kim: Tencent developed Call of Duty Mobile using Activision's IP
“Call of Duty Mobile is actually developed by Tencent, although they're using the IP of Activision, for example, right?”