How Live Service Games Schedule Events

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Many time we hear of live service games talking about how they have content planned for far into the future but typically a roadmap would only provide about 6 months to a year in advance instead.

Why is this the case and what do they actually mean when they say that they have a far further long-term plan. Today we shall go slightly deeper into that.

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https://sensortower.com/
https://www.data.ai/ (formerly app annie)
https://game-i.daa.jp/
https://www.apptweak.com/

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Timestamp
00:00 Opening Skit
00:57 Intro
06:42 Schedule Planning Prior to Release
29:55 Schedule Planning Post Release
39:43 My monkey brain is tired so here's a summary
41:01 Wrap Up




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