Computer niche are on games. This shows a visit to the Gamescom in Cologne. However, although the Cause is anything other than out, Germany loses market share in this sector.
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Visitors flock to the Gamescom in 2018
An angel of death with scimitars waiting in front of the escalator. In addition, a tank driver and a little girl in a feathered Anime costume pictures. The hall is well attended. The Gamescom in Cologne is certainly one of the more exciting fairs.
In the past ten years, has become the Gamescom to be a huge Event. In addition to the performances of eye-catching, like computer characters costume game-the Fans, the cosplayers, are held in the environment of the trade fair, concerts, various competitions and autograph sessions.
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The models meet
The greatest happiness of many visitors, not only to meet your favorite player, but to play a round with you. If the League of Legend player Frederick Hinteregger (game name Noway4u) stands on the stage and to the members for his Team is looking to shoot dozens of the arms in the air. Seconds later, the comfortable game chairs are occupied on the stage in all.
Hinteregger an eSports professional player. “I was happy, a Mousepad, a bit of Hardware to get anything, really. But if you have national leagues, you can make up to 2000 euros per month. You play higher, it is five digits.”
Other Fans consume the smallest news about your favorite games. You have to stand in long queues, for example, before the Fallout. There’s loot here Goodies? To marvel at a well-known player? You can test the game here?
“We will show an eight-minute Trailer of Fallout Vault 76,” says the woman at the booth. “And here You can take a photo for Instagram,” she adds quickly when she sees my disappointed face.
In the course of the day, still rave reviews about the Fallout Trailer will be published. The game itself will be released in November.
From the Game to the costume cosplayers at Gamescom
Real Life Action Games
Most of the games producers put on test versions for PC, mobile or console games. Not-so-Epic Games – the company behind the mega-hit game, Fortnite. The cooperative Survival game is already available on all platforms and was able to record 125 million new players in a single year.
Instead of to your screen to be rigid, bull-riding, the Gamescom visitors with your friends jump to the bet, about tires, or swing over ditches, if you test the game – everything in the Realworld.
“It’s really the Community that makes the game so successful,” says Fortnite-Cosplayer Lindsay Aries (Alias: ‘LeeLeeTheBunny’), while she squints through her huge glasses and photos with your Fans on a harpoon spitted shark waves. “Even little things like new Emotes (emotional Gestures) or new Skins (external appearance images of the characters) will be greatly received and of the Community gehypet.” This is, of course, the main interest of the company to pay a wide distribution of these Features, for the players are ready.
From niche to mass culture
Although Fortnite and the other Blockbuster stands to attract mainly a younger audience, the older players are there but that promote the growth of the game companies. “A quarter of the players are 50 plus,” Felix Falk, the Chairman of the Association of the German games industry to consider. Of all now 2.2 billion to the gamers of the older Generation is the fastest-growing audience, so Falk. Browser and Mobile Games, have just made it easier for you the access conditions, at any time, any place, to play without prior knowledge.
“A quarter of all gamers are 50 or older,” Felix Falk, Chairman of the Association of the GAME
However, while the market is growing, lose German companies their shares, so Falk. Blockbuster titles there were, were almost all from the USA or Japan.
“Countries like Canada have long understood the importance of the Gaming industry, and you have not supported. To develop a game in Germany is on average 30% more expensive than in other countries,” says Falk. German game developer could hope for from the coalition agreement announced Games promotion, the necessary thrust, to find a connection to the world market.