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Size Matters

How Loading is Losing You Players

W3C Workshop on Web Games - 27-28 June 2019; Redmond, WA, USA

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Kasper Mol

Game Tech Engineer @ Poki

Poki - Web Gaming Platform

30M

Monthly Active Users

200+ �Game Developers

28 Languages

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SIZE MATTERS

  1. Exploring Loading Data�
  2. Opportunities

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Exploring Loading Data

Conversion to PlayHow many players remain for each player that

starts loading a game

Initial Download Size

Amount of megabytes downloaded during initial

loading phase�

174 games

desktop only

2 weeks of data

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Conversion to Play �vs. �Initial Download Size

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Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size

United States

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Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size

United States

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Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size

USA

Egypt

Brazil

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Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size

USA

Egypt

Brazil

10mb ~= 0.8 CtP

10mb ~= 0.7 CtP

10mb ~= 0.6 CtP

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Opportunities

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Educating Game Developers

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Improving the Web

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Size Matters

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Let’s Talk!

kasper@poki.com

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