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AI Gaming Industry
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Social & Behavioral Shifts
- TV-centered gaming nights: 54% of Gen Z already gather around TVs for gaming sessions, but consoles are too expensive and mobile is still trapped on small screens
- Social shared play: Phones as hidden screens + TVs as shared ones enable group play with a single install (one host invites others)
- UGC as engagement gravity wells: Roblox drives teen adoption (46% of US teens play weekly), proving that user-generated content + social layers are sticky growth engines.
- Discord as the multiplayer lobby OS: With 200M+ MAUs, 90% using it for gaming, Discord is the default voice and social layer for Gen Z.
Device & Platform Convergence
- Casting as a bridge: Seamless device-to-device casting (phone → TV → AR/headsets) is becoming the next interaction layer
- Big-screen without consoles: Netflix is testing TV play with phones as controllers, proving appetite for console-free living room gaming.
- Platform-less multiplayer: Multiplayer experiences emerging without consoles, relying on phones as controllers + TVs as the shared stage.
- Cross-device retro revival: Retro games casted to TVs with couch multiplayer are gaining traction (e.g. Piko partnership, Streets of Rage demos).
- Spatial future hints: Apple and others pushing toward screenless, spatial computing; today it’s phone→TV, tomorrow it’s phone→headset
AI-Powered Gameplay Layers
- AI overlays emerging on PC, absent on mobile: Overlays are huge retention drivers on PC (Overwolf, NVIDIA), but mobile has a blank slate
- AI companions as retention tools: 99% of surveyed gamers said AI-driven companions improve play. Companions are being tested as “sidekicks” in PC gaming but barely exist on mobile
- OCR-driven experiences: Using screen-reading AI to deliver instant help, hints, or overlays without publisher integrations
- Second-screen utilities: From team maps (e.g. MOBAs) to card prediction (TCGs like Magic Arena), second screens are being reimagined for casual and competitive play
- Console giants validating copilots: Xbox released a gaming copilot, showing demand for AI copilots in mainstream gaming.
Content Creation & Community Tools
- Instant replay & content capture: Companion screens evolving toward record/cut/share tools for UGC generation
- Mini-marketplaces forming: Casting platforms morphing into lightweight stores or “showrooms” for compatible games.
Industry & Business Model Dynamics
- Convergence of streaming & gaming habits: Netflix adding 100+ mobile games, Twitch overlays/extensions, Discord as default lobby — signaling users expect hybrid layers.
- Frustration with cloud gaming: Cloud infra burns cash and lags; local casting with ultra-low latency (16ms) is the new sweet spot.
- PLG via virality loops: Viral overlays (Magic Arena, Brawl Stars) used as acquisition hooks for both B2C users and B2B studios.
Initiatives
Prompt to Game
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https://rosebud.ai/ vibe code games
https://www.enginearcade.com/ generate games with prompt
Prompt to 3D models
https://huggingface.co/spaces/tencent/Hunyuan3D-2.1
https://x.com/mohanadmkandil/status/1931316129495920746
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-2-a-large-scale-foundation-world-model/
https://copilot.microsoft.com/labs/experiments/copilot-3d
Live Gaming Experience
https://www.playstation.com/fr-fr/games/viewfinder/
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PC Game Stores
https://store.steampowered.com/
Cloud Gaming Platform
https://www.xbox.com/fr-fr/play
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Gaming Consoles
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Web Gaming Platforms
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