EDGE Magazine: How children are transforming gaming

EDGE Magazine has just published a great article about ‘How children are transforming gaming‘. The piece contains references to how kids are being drawn to digital brands as opposed to those originating on TV and includes companies such as Rovio, Stardoll, Dubit and Fight My Monster. Dylan Collins from Fight My Monster is quoted as saying:

“The next Disney is going to be a company that can produce really amazing content, but also one that can develop tools for kids to create their own. At some point in the near future, you’re going to see the first 15-year-old millionaire being created – [teenagers] now have the tools and frameworks to create their own games, apps and movies.”

KZero gets a good mention as well:

Meanwhile, Nic Mitham, CEO of KZero, believes that “the majority of new massmarket kids IPs will begin life as games, then port over to other media channels”.

The size and influence of kids’ gaming raises the question of why major social publishers seemingly haven’t embraced the trend yet. “Social game companies do not have direct access to the kids market [because], primarily, Facebook can’t reach these younger gamers,” says Mitham. “Social gaming companies are heavily reliant on leveraging the Facebook social graph and exploiting push mechanics, email, messaging, etcetera. [The kids market requires] a totally different mindset, and requires much more agile marketing and user profiling.”

Full Article on EDGE Magazine.

 

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