Size Matters
How Loading is Losing You Players
W3C Workshop on Web Games - 27-28 June 2019; Redmond, WA, USA
Kasper Mol
Game Tech Engineer @ Poki
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Poki - Web Gaming Platform
30M
Monthly Active Users
200+ �Game Developers
28 �Languages
SIZE MATTERS
Exploring Loading Data
Conversion to Play�How 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
Conversion to Play �vs. �Initial Download Size�
Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size
United States
Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size
United States
Conversion to Play vs. Initial Download Size
USA
Egypt
Brazil
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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Size Matters
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