Why games are making record revenues in a recession, with Unity VP Julie Shumaker
Episode description
Why games are making record revenues in a recession, with Unity VP Julie Shumaker. In a recession revenues generally go down. That’s not been the case in 2020, at least for games. Games have been seeing record-high revenues over the past few months ... we'll chat about what's hot and why ...
What we talk about:
- First off, what happened with games over the past 3-5 months?
- What kind of games grew the most?
- Weekends and weekdays kinda flipped. Why?
- Revenue was up … how?
- What’s different about “pandemic gamers?”
- Could you basically track COVID-19 across the world in game downloads and sessions?
- Are games recession-proof?
And … the world-famous TechFirst 10 in 5 … 10 questions, 5 minutes
- Favorite piece of tech gear in your house
- Can’t-do-without-it tech that you wear
- Android or iOS?
- EV or gas?
- Mac or Windows?
- GIF or JIF?
- Favorite tech news source?
- Do you want a self-driving car or do you want to drive yourself, forever?
- Elon Musk offers you a trip to Mars. In or out?
- Alexa or Hey Google or Hey Siri?