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A Study on the Factor Which Causes the Imbalance Between DAU and Game Purchase in the Mobile Game Market - With an emphasis on Google Play Free Games -

모바일 게임 시장에서 DAU와 게임 구매간의 불균형성을 발생시키는 요인에 대한 고찰 - 구글 플레이 무료게임을 중심으로 -

  • Lim, Jun (Department of Management Information Systems, Sahmyook University) ;
  • Choi, Sung Wook (Department of Management Information Systems, Sahmyook University)
  • 임준 (삼육대학교 경영정보학과) ;
  • 최성욱 (삼육대학교 경영정보학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.10
  • Accepted : 2014.04.20
  • Published : 2014.04.28

Abstract

The mobile game market is fast growing after the Kakao game launched. Especially, the market is placed at the second highest by occupying 33.1% of the market. However, the rate of the total sales amount is only 6%, showing quite an imbalance between the market occupancy and the sales amount. This means that the profit-making models are not stabilized yet in the mobile game market. The absence of profit-making models can be ascertained by the relationship of DAU and sales ranking. There are several games which are ranked at DAU Top10 among Google free games, but not ranked at top 10 among sales amounts. On the other hand, there are several games which are low in DAU ranking but high in sales amount ranking. This result shows that there is no direct interrelation between the product attractiveness which users feel and the profit-making models in the market. This study compared the Google play free games which are ranked at top 10 in terms of DAU ranking and sales amount ranking to find out the factor which causes the imbalance between the DAU ranking and sales amount ranking. Based on this outcome, this study presents the reference point for the design of profit-making models on behalf of the manufacturers who wish to launch into the mobile game market in the future.

카카오 게임의 런칭 후 모바일 게임 시장은 빠르게 성장하여 게임시장 점유율 33.1%로 2위를 차지하고 있다. 하지만 그 규모에 비해 매출액 비중은 6%로 점유율로 상당히 낮은 것을 확인할 수 있다. 이는 아직 모바일 게임 시장에 있어서 수익모델이 제대로 확립되지 못했기 때문이다. 이러한 수익모델의 부재는 DAU와 매출순위로도 확인할 수 있는데, 구글 플레이 무료게임 DAU Top10 안에 들어가는 게임 가운데 매출순위는 10위 안에 들지 못하는 게임들이 존재한다. 반면에 DAU순위는 낮지만 매출이 높은 게임들 또한 존재하는데, 이러한 결과는 수익모델이 제대로 만들어져 있는 게임과 그렇지 않은 게임의 차이라고 보인다. 본 논문은 구글 플레이 무료게임 10위권 내에 있는 게임들의 DAU순위와 매출 순위 비교를 통해 DAU 순위와 매출순위가 다른 게임들을 선정한 후, 이러한 결과의 원인이 되는 요인을 규명하고 이를 통해 향후 모바일 게임 시장에 진입하고자 하는 제작자들이 수익모델을 만드는데 있어 준거점을 제시하고자 한다.

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