{"id":36693,"date":"2021-02-12T03:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T03:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/?page_id=36693"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:19:51","slug":"%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%ab-%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/ar\/expertise\/industries\/gaming-and-gambling-market-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming Market Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaming Market Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-030d4e83\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-030d4e83\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research.jpg\" alt=\"SIS International Market Research &amp; Strategy\" title=\"Gaming market research\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gaming-market-research-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaming market research has matured into a discipline where the winners separate themselves through player-level economics, not headline install counts. The publishers extending revenue curves the longest treat research as a live instrument, not a launch artifact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pattern holds across mobile free-to-play, PC live service, console premium, and the emerging cloud gaming category. Growth belongs to teams who understand the mechanics of retention curves, monetization ceilings, and platform gatekeeping before capital is committed. This article maps how the strongest operators use gaming market research to size opportunity, segment players, and pressure-test platform economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-global-color-9-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-51897318220adf6bec0d81836bcd039d is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#f7f9fa6e\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:18%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:71.28%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block aligncenter has-global-color-9-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-280630523d60b107373169ebfa1f42c3\" style=\"font-size:16px\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2><br><strong>T<\/strong>able of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#gaming-market-sizing-requires-player-economics-not-just-install-base\">Gaming Market Sizing Requires Player Economics, Not Just Install Base<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#trends-and-opportunities-in-the-gambling-industry\">Gamer Segmentation Analysis Now Runs on Behavior, Not Demographics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#the-future-of-the-gambling-industry\">Gaming Platform Ecosystem Mapping Reveals Where Margin Actually Sits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#the-importance-of-conducting-market-research\">Esports Market Trends Are Consolidating Around Publisher-Owned Circuits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#cloud-gaming-opens-a-market-opportunity-assessment-most-boards-underestimate\">Cloud Gaming Opens a Market Opportunity Assessment Most Boards Underestimate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#the-sis-gaming-intelligence-framework\">The SIS Gaming Intelligence Framework<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#game-developer-survey-data-closes-the-loop-on-product-decisions\">Game Developer Survey Data Closes the Loop on Product Decisions<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#where-gaming-market-research-delivers-compounding-returns\">Where Gaming Market Research Delivers Compounding Returns<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#fa-qs\">FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"gaming-market-sizing-requires-player-economics-not-just-install-base\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaming Market Sizing Requires Player Economics, Not Just Install Base<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional gaming market sizing starts with regional population, smartphone penetration, and spend per capita. That produces a number a CFO can defend but not a number a product team can act on. The stronger approach models sizing bottom-up from cohort economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inputs that matter are payer conversion rates by genre, ARPDAU curves stratified by acquisition source, and organic-to-paid install ratios. When Supercell, Playrix, and Scopely evaluate a new title, they model addressable market as the intersection of genre payer density and channel-level CPI tolerance. That produces a floor and ceiling for a live-ops budget before a soft launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-global-color-9-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-057093ce362529c9487938e2dcdb1efe wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>SIS International Research&#8217;s market assessment work across the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain found that distribution structure and local operator relationships shape addressable revenue as much as gamer population, particularly where telecom carrier billing and regional payment rails determine payer conversion.&nbsp;Sizing exercises that ignore local distribution mechanics consistently overstate opportunity in secondary European markets.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"trends-and-opportunities-in-the-gambling-industry\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gamer Segmentation Analysis Now Runs on Behavior, Not Demographics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Age and gender segmentation held up when platforms were narrow. It collapses in a market where a 45-year-old commuter, a 14-year-old on Roblox, and a Twitch subscriber pay for entirely different reasons inside the same genre. Sophisticated gamer segmentation analysis uses motivational archetypes and spend behavior, not census categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The frameworks that produce actionable segments combine self-reported motivation data with observed session behavior. Quantic Foundry&#8217;s motivation model, Newzoo&#8217;s persona layering, and internal telemetry from platforms like Unity and AppsFlyer form the base. What custom research adds is the &#8220;why&#8221; behind the switch from a $4.99 battle pass buyer to a $99 offer buyer, which telemetry alone never explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIS International&#8217;s B2B expert interviews with senior product leaders across publishers repeatedly surface the same insight: segments defined by spend elasticity outperform segments defined by demographics by a wide margin when applied to LiveOps calendar decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- SIS International Research - Where Mobile Gaming Revenue Goes -->\n<div id=\"sisGTWrap\" style=\"position:relative; width:100%; max-width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; margin:0 auto; padding:0; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#073f64;\">\n\n  <h3 style=\"text-align:center; font-size:clamp(18px,2.4vw,26px); line-height:1.3; margin:0 0 6px 0; color:#073f64; font-weight:700;\">\n    Where a Mobile Game&#8217;s Revenue Goes\n  <\/h3>\n  <p style=\"text-align:center; font-size:clamp(12px,1.4vw,15px); margin:0 auto 22px auto; max-width:720px; color:#216896;\">\n    How gross revenue from a mid-core mobile title is divided across the platform stack before a publisher sees any profit\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div style=\"width:100%; max-width:940px; margin:0 auto; box-sizing:border-box; overflow-x:auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;\">\n    <table id=\"sisGTable\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; box-sizing:border-box; font-size:clamp(12px,1.4vw,14px); min-width:600px;\">\n      <thead>\n        <tr>\n          <th style=\"text-align:left; padding:12px 14px; background:#073f64; color:#ffffff; font-weight:700; border-top-left-radius:8px;\">Stack Layer<\/th>\n          <th style=\"text-align:center; padding:12px 14px; background:#073f64; color:#ffffff; font-weight:700; white-space:nowrap;\">Share of Revenue<\/th>\n          <th style=\"text-align:left; padding:12px 14px; background:#073f64; color:#ffffff; font-weight:700; border-top-right-radius:8px;\">What It Covers<\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/thead>\n      <tbody id=\"sisGTBody\"><\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- SOURCES -->\n  <p style=\"font-size:clamp(10px,1.1vw,12px); color:#5c7a8c; line-height:1.5; margin:18px 0 0 0; text-align:left;\">\n    Source 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/expertise\/industries\/gaming-and-gambling-market-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:#216896; text-decoration:underline;\">SIS International Gaming Market Research<\/a><br>\n    <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Ranges are typical for a mid-core mobile title and vary by genre, platform, and user acquisition strategy. The remainder funds content, servers, and profit.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <script>\n  (function(){\n    var rows=[\n      {layer:'Platform store fees', share:'~30%', tier:'high', ctx:'The cut taken by the app stores that distribute the game to players'},\n      {layer:'User acquisition', share:'15 to 25%', tier:'high', ctx:'Advertising and ad network spend to bring new players into the game'},\n      {layer:'Attribution, payments & analytics', share:'3 to 8%', tier:'mid', ctx:'Tracking partners, payment orchestration, and the tooling that measures performance'},\n      {layer:'Content, servers & profit', share:'Remainder', tier:'keep', ctx:'What is left to fund new content, run live operations, cover infrastructure, and earn a margin'}\n    ];\n    var tierColor={ 'high':'#216896', 'mid':'#5f93b5', 'keep':'#073f64' };\n    var tbody=document.getElementById('sisGTBody');\n\n    for(var i=0;i<rows.length;i++){\n      (function(r,idx){\n        var tr=document.createElement('tr');\n        tr.style.cssText='transition:background .15s ease; background:'+(idx%2===0?'#f4f8fb':'#ffffff')+';';\n        var base='padding:11px 14px; border-bottom:1px solid #e2ecf2; vertical-align:top; line-height:1.45;';\n\n        var c1=document.createElement('td'); c1.style.cssText=base+'font-weight:700; color:#073f64;'; c1.textContent=r.layer;\n        var c2=document.createElement('td'); c2.style.cssText=base+'text-align:center; white-space:nowrap;';\n        var pill=document.createElement('span');\n        pill.textContent=r.share;\n        pill.style.cssText='display:inline-block; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:999px; background:'+tierColor[r.tier]+'; color:#ffffff; font-weight:700; font-size:clamp(11px,1.3vw,13px); white-space:nowrap;';\n        c2.appendChild(pill);\n        var c3=document.createElement('td'); c3.style.cssText=base+'color:#3a5a6e;'; c3.textContent=r.ctx;\n\n        tr.appendChild(c1); tr.appendChild(c2); tr.appendChild(c3);\n        tbody.appendChild(tr);\n\n        tr.addEventListener('mouseenter',function(){ tr.style.background='#eaf1f6'; c1.style.color='#bd9013'; });\n        tr.addEventListener('mouseleave',function(){ tr.style.background=(idx%2===0?'#f4f8fb':'#ffffff'); c1.style.color='#073f64'; });\n      })(rows[i],i);\n    }\n  })();\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-future-of-the-gambling-industry\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaming Platform Ecosystem Mapping Reveals Where Margin Actually Sits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaming platform ecosystem mapping is where most strategy work is thinnest. The visible layer is Apple, Google, Steam, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. The layer that determines margin includes middleware providers like Unity and Unreal, ad networks like AppLovin and ironSource, attribution partners like Adjust and Kochava, and payment orchestrators like Xsolla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each layer captures a defensible share of gross revenue. A publisher launching a mid-core mobile title routinely loses 30 percent to store fees, 15 to 25 percent to user acquisition, and another 3 to 8 percent to attribution, payments, and analytics tooling. The remaining margin funds content, servers, and profit. Research that maps this stack against a specific title's economics produces the only credible go-to-market view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-global-color-9-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40b78839985527527e6d0bfd7c498c30 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Structured expert interviews conducted by SIS with senior operators across European online gaming markets indicate that publishers who model gaming API monetization and third-party integration costs at the greenlight stage protect roughly twice the operating margin of those who treat the stack as a post-launch optimization.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n    \n    \n    <title>AI Blog Banner<\/title>\n    <style>\n        * {\n            margin: 0;\n            padding: 0;\n            box-sizing: border-box;\n        }\n\n        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Riot's franchised leagues, Valve's Majors structure, and Activision's city-based model absorbed the media rights and sponsorship value that flowed through third parties a decade ago. The implication for strategy teams is direct: esports is now a publisher marketing channel with measurable acquisition economics, not a standalone business line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The right research question is no longer \"should we invest in esports.\" It is \"what does a viewer cohort cost to acquire through competitive content, and what is their net revenue retention against organic players.\" Publishers who answer that question with data extend product lifecycles by years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- SIS International Research - Global Gaming Market by Platform Segment -->\n<div id=\"sisGCWrap\" style=\"position:relative; width:100%; max-width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; margin:0 auto; padding:0; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#073f64;\">\n\n  <h3 style=\"text-align:center; font-size:clamp(18px,2.4vw,26px); line-height:1.3; margin:0 0 6px 0; color:#073f64; 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Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now, and Amazon Luna now serve titles at latency thresholds acceptable to competitive players in most tier-one urban markets. The correct market opportunity assessment for cloud gaming services separates the streaming infrastructure question from the consumer subscription question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infrastructure economics favor incumbents with existing data center footprints. Subscription economics favor publishers with deep back catalogs. The interesting question is whether telcos with 5G edge compute can capture the middle. SIS International's proprietary research across European telecom and gaming operators indicates that carrier-bundled gaming subscriptions perform materially better in markets with strong carrier billing infrastructure, which redraws the competitive map for cloud gaming outside North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-sis-gaming-intelligence-framework\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The SIS Gaming Intelligence Framework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Layer<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Primary Research Question<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Method<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Market Sizing<\/td><td>What is the payer-adjusted addressable revenue by geography?<\/td><td>Bottom-up cohort modeling + distribution audits<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Player Segmentation<\/td><td>Which motivational segments carry the highest spend elasticity?<\/td><td>Quantitative surveys + behavioral clustering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Platform Mapping<\/td><td>Where does margin leak across the stack?<\/td><td>B2B expert interviews + vendor economics analysis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Competitive Intelligence<\/td><td>What are competitors testing in soft launch?<\/td><td>Win\/loss analysis + creative and pricing teardowns<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Launch Readiness<\/td><td>What is the customer acquisition cost payback for mobile games at scale?<\/td><td>Media mix modeling + LTV curve validation<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Source<\/strong>: SIS International Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"game-developer-survey-data-closes-the-loop-on-product-decisions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Developer Survey Data Closes the Loop on Product Decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Game developer survey data is the underused counterpart to player research. Studios that survey their own developers and external contractors on tooling friction, engine performance, and pipeline bottlenecks ship faster and retain talent longer. The GDC State of the Industry survey is a reference point, but the operational value comes from proprietary developer research tied to specific engine, middleware, and workflow decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publishers running usage-based pricing models for gaming SaaS tools, particularly in the LiveOps and analytics categories, use developer research to justify multi-year vendor commitments. The alternative is renewing enterprise contracts on inertia, which erodes gross margin quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"where-gaming-market-research-delivers-compounding-returns\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Gaming Market Research Delivers Compounding Returns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The publishers pulling ahead treat gaming market research as continuous infrastructure. Pre-launch concept testing feeds soft launch KPI targets. Soft launch telemetry feeds segmentation refresh. Live-ops decisions feed the next title's greenlight. Each cycle sharpens the model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competitive advantage compounds because the data assets and the interpretation frameworks belong to the publisher, not to a syndicated data vendor. Research budgets that look expensive on an annual line item look cheap against the cost of a mistimed launch or a mispriced live-ops event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"fa-qs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1785296145715\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is gaming market research?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Gaming market research is the systematic study of player behavior, platform economics, competitive positioning, and monetization mechanics used by publishers to make greenlight, pricing, and live-operations decisions. It combines primary player surveys, B2B developer interviews, telemetry analysis, and competitive intelligence.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1785296167695\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How do publishers size the gaming market accurately?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The strongest gaming market sizing uses bottom-up modeling of payer conversion rates, ARPDAU by acquisition channel, and local distribution structure rather than top-down population estimates. This produces addressable revenue figures a product team can act on, not just totals a CFO can defend.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1785296169063\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the best framework for gamer segmentation analysis?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Behavior-based segmentation combining motivational archetypes with observed spend elasticity outperforms demographic segmentation by a wide margin. It links directly to LiveOps calendar decisions, offer design, and retention interventions.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1785296169948\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How should companies evaluate cloud gaming market opportunity?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>A credible market opportunity assessment for cloud gaming services separates infrastructure economics from consumer subscription economics. Carrier-bundled models perform strongest in markets with mature carrier billing rails, which shifts the competitive map outside North America.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1785296181930\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What role does gaming API monetization play in publisher strategy?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Gaming API monetization determines how much margin leaks to middleware, attribution, and payment vendors before profit is calculated. 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