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Page 1: Philipp Karstaedt, General Manager, GREE
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Philipp J. KarstaedtGeneral Manager – Berlin Office

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Net Sales: $1BGames: 30+, 5+, 1...WW Employees: > 1,800Offices: 4

FY15 Estimates (02/15)

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GREE International

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GREE HeadquartersTokyo, Japan

GREE International, Inc. San Francisco, CA

GREE AustraliaMelbourne, AU

GREE EuropeBerlin, DE

2004

2011

2015

MILESTONES

Knights & Dragons (first publishing partnership)Reached Top 10 Grossing in 41 countriesTop 100 Grossing in 22 countries

GAME STATS - 4 titles in top 100 grossing as of April 2015*

Crime CityReached Top 10 Grossing in 101 countriesTop 100 Grossing in 24 countries, over 3 years since launch

War of NationsReached Top 10 Grossing in 55 countriesTop 100 Grossing in 87 countries

*Source: App Annie

2015

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Developers and Publishers...

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Agenda

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• Before you even start• Do ut des• Conclusion and takeaway• Q&A

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Before you even start

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• Less hardcoding, more win• Make your game easy to localize• Think about backend tools

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• Align early on overall strategy • Inform and set a regular schedule• Benchmarks – do ut des• Meet! Meet! Meet!• Set expectations from the start

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Conclusion

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• Publishers will love you• Publishers will want to work with you again• Reputation has (a ton!) of business value

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Set expectations from the startMake tools during development

Inform often and earlyBonus DLC: Work with pubs on game systems

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Questions?

Thank You!