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Page 1: Technical Disruption and a New Golden Era of Games

James Gwertzman, CEO (@gwertz)

www.playfab.com @playfabnetwork

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Growing revenue from live games

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Source: PWC, Gartner, Newzoo

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Build game

Build backend

LaunchBuild tools for ops team

Segment & target customers

Deploy servers

Business intelligence

Offers & Promotions

Update content

Host in-game events

Customer service Sunset mode

User Acquisition

Live game life cycle

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“We’re a technology company. We’re not really a game company.”

-- Gabe Leydon, Machine Zone

Bloomberg Business, March 2015

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Technology is not a competitive advantage for game companies.

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We’re at the start of a golden age of gaming.

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Changing field of backend services

Multiplayer

Analytics

Marketing

Commerce

Cloud logic

Attribution

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Live ops tools and dashboards(mission control for the whole team)

Back-end services(cross-platform, one-stop shop)

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Integration with other partners(building out the full ecosystem)

and many more coming...

Powering the future of games.

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New Features Added in Unity Releases

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Unity 3.0 Unity 4.0

Unity 5.0

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2015 Independent Game Festival Winners

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James Gwertzman, CEO (@gwertz)

www.playfab.com @playfabnetwork