In keeping with Sensor Tower, cell video games characterize 19 per cent of all apps that reference the metaverse.
To this point, 552 apps include the phrase ‘metaverse’ of their description or title, with 107 of those being cell video games. The second and third most apps are probably to incorporate the phrase in both the title or description are finance and social apps, respectively.
Between November 2021 and January 2022, 86 apps have added the time period ‘metaverse’ to their title on the App Retailer and Google Play. Moreover, 23 per cent of all of those apps additionally embody the time period ‘crypto’, highlighting the rising hyperlink between metaverse initiatives and the chance to earn in apps and video games.
The second most related time period with metaverse is ‘NFT’, which appeared in 18 per cent of all the apps.
Sensor Tower famous that following the announcement from Meta (previously Fb) that it’ll double down on its metaverse operations the variety of apps that up to date their descriptions or titles rose by 66 per cent.
The connection between cell video games and the metaverse has continued to develop all through the previous 12 months, with many firms, together with Niantic and Netmarble, shifting their focus to enter the metaverse area.
Many smaller firms are additionally coming into the market to particularly tailor to those pretty new tendencies. For instance, in December Singapore-based cell video games startup Affyn introduced that it had raised $7 million to create a free-to-play, play-to-earn, augmented actuality metaverse sport – ticking all of the bins.
Lately, video games analytics agency Newzoo predicted that vogue manufacturers can be “early winners” within the metaverse, as manufacturers can improve their viewers attain while additionally preserving the worth of their real-world merchandise.
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