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week 13 - packaging and game marketing


FINAL PROJECT STUDENT EXAMPLES



What is the success rate in the Game Market?


How better to manage the success of game titles?


FILLING THE NEED

Game Marketing
- filling a need
- tracking a genre
- pitching a title product
- by genre
- by platform (console, PC, online, mobile)
- by license

Packaging
Documentation
Features or Bugs?
Customer Support


KEY CHAPTER QUESTIONS

■ What are the respective functions of the roles associated with marketing—such as advertising, public relations, sales, and promotion?

■ What are the functions of customer support in the game industry?

■ How are fan communities created and maintained?


SUMMARY

Marketing

• Advertising
• Public relations (PR)
• Sales
• Promotion

Customer Support

• Official website
• Tutorials
• Newsgroups
• Newsletters
• Player matching

Prosumerism: Player as Developer

• Modding
• Fan-produced content
• Fan sites

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