Not only is it a great time to be a fan of the simulation genre in video games, apparently, it is also paying off to be a simulation genre game d🐻ev💟eloper.
Frontier Developments - the studio responsible for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Planet Zoo, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Planet Coaster, and Elite Dangerous - that the company’s annual revenue for 2019 will increase by more than double what it was i🐈n 2018.
The statement comes from an released by Frontier Developments, in which the studio states that it expects to hit £89 million in annual rev෴enue for 2019, compared to 2018’s amount of £34.2 million.
Why such a massive bump in revenue? Dinosaurs.
The studio credits 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jurassic World Evolution for hitting such a substantial revenue amount. Frontier Development💮s is also expected to announce an operating profit margin of around 21% for the 2019 financial year when it releases its report this September, an increase from 2018'ಌs 8%.
"We have had our best ever year in terms of our financial performance, which is a testament to the skill and hard work of our amazing team, our strategy of nurturing our titles post-launch over many years, and to the on༒going support of our worldwide communities of pla🦋yers,” Chief Executive, David Braben, said.
“We are really excited about delivering our next game, Planet Zoo, later this year. The reception we have had from the community has been excellent and we are looking forward to introducing them to the most authentic animals in video game history. Our development roadmap is looking really good. We are also making great progress with our Frontier Publishing 𒅌initiative, with our first partnership announced last week, with highly experienced developers Haemimont Games. W✃e are in an excellent position for the future."
You can say what you will about simulation games, but it’s clear that games like Jurassic World Evolution, Planet Coaster, and more - including one of Steam’s hottest selling DLCs for American Truck Simulator - are more th💎an a lucr🐼ative endeavor for game studios. Even 🔥tabletop games are benefitting from simulation games such as Cities: Skylines.
It’s probably ♕safe to believe th♕at not too many people expected the genre to have such an impact on gamers and the industry as a whole. But, life… uh… finds a way.