two & a half gamers session #41 – Stop with sexist ads, Q4 Admn round up, Goddess of Victory review

Matej Lančarič, December 6 2022

Welcome to our #41 episode of two & half gamers! In this episode we covered various topics:

Agenda

00:00 Intro
04:12 Felix and his Q4 admon fun stuff
05:06 Jakub yawning because Felix is boring audience with economics and BS
07:35 no wishy-washy predictions – decimals makes a difference for fucks sake
08:34 No BS Felix pls
09:35 Biggest eCPM gains (go big or go home)
11:48 Top Admon tips for Xmas
12:23 Jakub brainfarted on admon networks
14:00 Felix shills his own admon blogpost. Dont read it pls!
14:44 UA intro of Goddess of Victory: Nikke
17:00 Why is the game earning so much money?
19:06 UA mix review
19:41 no fake creatives, but sexist AF
21:48 new wave of sexist ads emerging for match3 and merge games
22:40 tactile games started this new trend unfortunately
24:45 STOP WITH THE SEXIST ADS NOW!
27:25 UA Rant over
28:12 Matej shut up, your surface level review is not enough
29:08 Super boring Jakub intro about Goddess of Victory: Nikke
33:00 5 million downloads and 83 million revenue
33:40 Nerds vs Otakus (gimme your lunch money OTAKU!)
38:45 The secret sauce of Waifu games
40:15 That pool vs deadpool making money
46:11 Azur lane liveops
47:30 Nikke revenue by country
48:30 Remoson was born
53:30 Waifu differentiators

Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej Lančarič,

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Please share feedback and comments – matej@lancaric.me

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