Player Insights 2021

What do players really think about ads in mobile games? In conjunction with Pocketgamer.com we decided to find out! Whilst advertising is accepted by consumers if they want to play the games they want for free, the number of ads and different ad formats can have a detrimental effect on the player experience. Here are some of the key takeaways.

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Playing cards? Drinks cans? Balls? Where will your in-game ad go?
Interview with Chris Wright, CTO at AdInMo When thinking about contextual mobile game ads, developers have to answer one fundamental question: where should the ads go? There are some obvious answers. If it's a racing game, create some trackside banners and put them...
March Developer Shoutout
Each month we want to give kudos to our developer community. Mobile games development is a fine balance between designing the best games, keeping players happy and paying the bills. We get it. These are the developers pioneering the use of immersive ads in their games...
InMobi – the time is right for ‘mobile product placement’
Interview with David DiAngelo, VP of marketplace development at InMobi Anyone who has seen the movie Castaway will know what product placement is. Tom Hanks stars as a FedEx employee. He flies on a FedEx plane. He opens a lot of FedEx packages. This is a particularly...