About this episode

The episode discusses the recent price cut of Game Pass, China's influence on the mobile market, and the performance of Division Resurgence.

Game Pass just got cheaper, China is rewriting the mobile market, and Ubisoft ships one of the most polished mobile games in years. Topics Covered: ● Xbox drops Game Pass Ultimate by 23% and pulls Call of Duty from day one, but none of it actually fixes what's broken ● Chinese, Hong Kong, and Singapore publishers now own 30% of Western mobile revenue, up from 16% in 2019 ● Pokémon Go surged 52% in downloads during its 30th anniversary, and why it's bigger than just one marketing event ● Why the US should stop competing on mobile content and start owning platforms like Roblox, Steam, and Unreal instead ● Division Resurgence is a genuinely great game with no audience in the West and one last hope, China ● Disney quietly pulls 30 licensed games from Steam with no explanation CHAPTERS: 01:56 Phil’s China Trip Takeaways 04:19 Joachim Shoutout and Sponsor 06:52 Xbox Game Pass Price Cut News 10:55 Call of Duty Math Debate 15:52 Mobile Market Q1 Snapshot 19:53 Top Games and Pokemon Spike 22:49 China Dominance and New Hubs 36:43 EU: Stop Killing Games 41:21 Does Preservation Matter 43:55 Division Resurgence Numbers 45:18 Why Shooters Need China 49:42 PC Port and Controls 51:02 Mobile vs…

Topics covered

• Game Pass price cut
• China mobile market
• Ubisoft mobile games
• Pokémon Go downloads
• Division Resurgence
• Disney game removals

Keywords

• Game Pass
• China
• mobile games
• Pokémon Go
• Division Resurgence
• Disney
• Ubisoft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xbox, Call of Duty, Pokémon Go, Roblox, Steam, Unreal, Division Resurgence, Disney, Ubisoft

Places: China, Hong Kong, Singapore, US

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