Meta at present revealed at Recreation Builders Convention (GDC) a recent little bit of perception into Quest Retailer stats.
The corporate says in a developer weblog submit there at the moment are 500+ titles out there on the Meta Quest Retailer, 40 of which have grossed over $10 million in income.
At Join 2022 in October, the corporate reported that 33 titles out of the 400 apps on the Quest Retailer on the time had tipped over the $10 million mark. Since then, the Quest Retailer has ostensibly added round 100 video games within the time span of round 5 months.
And it appears these high-earning video games are selecting up steam too. The variety of titles on the $20-million mark has doubled 12 months over 12 months, Meta says.
So far as at present’s stats tease go, Meta is most definitely counting all Quest apps and video games on the shop, and never simply these focusing on Quest 2 or Quest Professional. Notably, the corporate is sunsetting the unique 2019 Quest quickly.
Chris Pruett, Meta Director of Content material Ecosystem and Head of Third-party Video games, outlined a number of key metrics in what’s performing greatest on Quest:
Prime sport genres embody multiplayer aggressive, physics fight, horror journey, health and exercise, social collaborative, and shooters.
Development classes embody single-player narrative journey, boxing/golf and sports activities, RPG, simulation, and survival.
Referring to sport income, Pruett says there’s a “large correlation between high quality and gross sales.”
“The cohorts of Quest prospects over time, those coming in not too long ago, look very completely different than the early fanatics,” Pruett stated to the GDC crowd. “Their expectations are like these of a contemporary sport console.’
Pruett doesn’t assume we’re “wherever near the upper-bound for visible high quality and sport complexity on Quest 2—partially as a result of we have now some superior tech that the majority of you aren’t utilizing but.” Persevering with, Pruett concludes that “elevated income potential on the platform is what’s going to drive high quality.”
Regardless of the blogpost announce, the corporate hasn’t revealed any change in gross app income since Join 2022. Meta remains to be stating it’s generated “over $1.5 billion” in income from Quest video games, tallied from the platform’s founding in 2019 to October 2022.
We have now boots on the bottom at GDC 2023 in San Francisco, so we’re certain to study extra whereas we’re there. Be sure to examine again quickly for all issues VR/AR gaming from this 12 months’s GDC,