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Phoenix Games 🎮 : Wie Klaas Kersting den Gaming-Markt revolutioniert

30 August 2023, with Joël Kaczmarek and Klaas Kersting

Summary

This episode is in German.

Klaas Kersting, founder and CEO of Flaregames and Gameforge, describes how his newest company Phoenix Games takes an alternative route to the traditional games publisher, using self-developed algorithms to predict how best to develop the studios it acquires. In conversation with Joel Kaczmarek he explains which games and studios are of interest, why the games market is highly crisis-resistant, and how durable IPs are in mobile gaming. He also addresses why his work as an angel investor is no conflict of interest.

Score cards

  • 80%
    Practical value
  • 70%
    Level of depth
  • 70%
    Timelessness

What you’ll learn

  • was die Philosophie von Phoenix Games ist
  • wie sich Phoenix Games von einem traditionellen Games-Publisher unterscheidet
  • welche Games und Studios für Phoenix Games interessant sind
  • warum der Games-Markt extrem Krisen-resistent ist
  • wie beständig IPs im Mobile Gaming sind
  • was Phoenix Games bietet, um die Teams der Studios dort zu behalten
  • weshalb Klaas’ Karriere als Angel Investor kein Interessenskonflikt mit Phoenix Games ist
  • wieso Klaas ein Steak-Restaurant in Karlsruhe eröffnet hat

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