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HERE’S WHY UNITY HAS BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THE RISE OF MOBILE GAMING

Video Games have seen a remarkable change in perception over the last decade. Starting out as simple 2D interactive games such as Asteroid and the like, to immersive experiences consoles and PC Hardware dedicated to gaming. Gaming is no longer considered a mindless activity for children, and video games are now spoken of in the same breath as movies. Mobile gaming got its start in a similar fashion. Basic games such as Tetris or Snake that were made to kill time have now given way to fully fledged experiences like Paintball, PUBG or Shadowrun. As it stands, the Average Revenue Generated per user amounts to US$32.10 (Source: Statista). This revenue is projected to see massive increments in the near future

So what’s behind this boom in the Mobile Gaming industry? Is it simply the availability of more powerful hardware? Increasing Personal Wealth? Or are there some unknown factors behind this upward trajectory?

The answer is a bit of everything. Mobile Devices are now more powerful and accessible than ever. Even so-called “low-end” phones possess enough computing power to run heavy 3D games. This would allow a Unity Game Development Company to output truly breathtaking visuals.

There’s also a massive perception change with regards to Video Games. It has largely evolved into a social activity. High scores and cool achievements are now being shared on social media. Mobile Multiplayer is now a reality because of the wide reach of high-speed 4G networks worldwide. Gameplay has adapted to touchscreens and with instant response times, mobile games are now more immersive than ever.

However, these are all enhancements to gaming experiences. A video game needs to look good and run well, and for that, it needs an engine. Which brings us to Unity.

WHAT IS UNITY AND WHY IS IT SO HYPED?

To put it simply, Unity is a graphics engine capable of powering High-Resolutions games and a wide range of 2D and 3D applications. There have been over 5 billion downloads of Made with Unity games (Source: Unity website, Q3 2016).

You may be thinking that there are other graphics engines out there on many platforms, and it’s also possible to create one if needed, so what makes Unity special? Here’s a statistic; Over 700 million gamers worldwide play games made with Unity. In contrast, Twitter has around 300 million monthly users (Source: Unity website, Twitter). These numbers highlight a reality that is becoming more apparent with each passing year.

SO WHY IS UNITY A GAME CHANGER?

Aside from being extremely accessible for beginners and having comprehensive documentation that would satisfy virtually any developer, Unity has a few core concepts that allow it to push the threshold of Games and 3D development. Unity is also extremely adept at powering experiences for VR, with support for all popular VR platforms like Oculus Rift, Gear VR amongst many others.

• Multi-Platform

  Games made on Unity are truly multiplatform and can be ported from one OS to another and even to consoles with great ease. For example. A developer launches a game on the Android platform which turns out to be a huge hit. Unity allows the developer to quickly publish the game on iOS or even on PlayStation or Xbox without having to rework the game from scratch, saving them a great deal of time and money.

• Asset Store

  Unity features a rather novel concept for game development, an Asset Store. Developers can choose from a growing library of free and commercial Assets for use in their Games. Assets are created both by Unity Technologies and by members of the community. A wide variety of assets ranging from Textures, Models, and Animations are available. Designers and 3D Modellers can also become publishers on the Asset Store and sell their content.

• Scalable

  With Unity, adding more objects and expanding a game’s environments is a very straightforward process. This allows developers to build continually evolving gameworlds and scaling the graphical fidelity in accordance with ever-improving hardware. Unity also enables games that were initially launched as single player experiences to be converted into multiplayer with minimal changes to the existing code.

• Support

  A fully featured, scalable, graphics development engine is a good thing. A fully featured, scalable, graphics engine with great support is even better. Unity has absolutely top of the line support, both from Unity Technologies and the Community. What’s the use of having an Asset Store if there isn’t a large community present to fill it up?

• Graphical Editor

  It’s almost poetic that one of the standout features for a highly regarded Graphics Engine is its own Graphical User Interface. In Unity’s case, the graphical editor makes it extremely intuitive to design, create layouts, insert objects etc.

IT’S A NUMBER’S GAME

Taking the facts above into account It’s quite easy to see why there are over 2.4 Billion Unique Mobile Devices running Made with Unity Games and Applications (Source: Unity website) With over 34% of top games made with unity, it's clear that mobile gaming has a lucrative road ahead. There are many indicators to suggest that mobile gaming is generating vast revenues worldwide, and not limited to a few countries.

The Traditional Gaming Industry is doing well and is maintaining a slow but steady growth. While the revenue generated by the Mobile Gaming is not as high, the rate of growth is far higher and is only expected to rise with Annually Increasing Smartphone Penetration Rates (+5% CAGR[2016-2022], Source: Statista).

Mobile Gaming is poised to reach great heights, and Unity is the engine behind this projected growth. Just like the Turbocharger made Diesel Engines a viable option for the Regular Public, Unity is the tool that Developers will use to build their next big immersive world.

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