Exciting Mobile Game Development Market!! But do you know much it will it cost to build?

Mobile Game is an exciting and booming market. With the rise in telephone usage and cellular internet penetration, an increasing number of people of every age are playing mobile video games and expert mobile game builders are growing to meet their necessities.

There are several reasons on why gaming is gaining more and more reputation. The gaming market has become so huge that it generated $91 billion worldwide in 2016 where mobile gaming was the leader with $41 billion. By 2020, mobile gaming will cross 50 % of the total game market.

The smartphones have become an integral part of our daily life. Android and IOS being the dominating mobile OS worldwide, have made us glued to our mobile screen because of their innovative and delightful interface.

The money attractive market makes Entrepreneurs jump for mobile game development but do you lot of them fail miserably?

There are several reasons for the failure of game development companies like unclear game idea and vision, unplanned approach, poor management, time management issues, poor team, lack of market research, unware of target audience, poor marketing etc. But the biggest reason I believe is that enthusiast game development companies takes the project without even properly estimating the cost of game development project.

Let’s understand how the companies can calculate the cost of a game project:

Intricacy of the Game:

Intricacy of the game plays a big role in game development process. The company should know that how complex the game is and what level of game has to be made. The graphics complexity of the game like high graphics or 2d/3d or simple game should be known. The team should brainstorm to all these questions as it will play a big role to determine the cost of game development.

Type of Mobile App/Game

There are 3 types of Native, Web and Hybrid App. The company should know what type of app it should be. The biggest reason is that all three apps requires different resources and approach to make which directly impacts the cost of game development.

Platform

The platform on which the game is to be launched or build plays a big factor on cost development. When we talk about platform we mean mobile platforms like Android, IOS, Windows etc. Each of the platform require different set of skills, knowledge and time. For comparison Android game development would require more time because of various version compatibility whereas IOS would require less time because of less versions but more talent to build a game. This directly effects the cost of game development.

In-house development or Outsource

Bussing startup companies or experienced firm needs to analyze their background, experience, success rate, affordability, internal talent pool and market reputation before they actually go for game development. After brainstorming and analyses, the company should take a decision whether they can build the game In-House or they should outsource. This decision is highly critical as wrong decision could make companies even sink.

Maintenance Cost

The success is not when you deliver a game but the game successfully runs in the market without any issues. Problems do come in any app/game and even updates are needed. Sometimes the post release cost runs to high that the successfully delivered game comes to halt because of it. Therefore, companies should foresee the cost after delivery of the game as well.

Conclusion:

Individual or a company thinking to enter the fancy mobile gaming industry and wants to earn big then wait and predict your future with numbers by deep analysis from pre-to post game development cost considering other factors as well.

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