Deng Famitsu Booth at BitSummit PUNCH Highlights Indie Game Support Gap
A game media outlet running its own large exhibition booth, including a no-cost public call for indie titles, is unusual and signals a shift in how media can directly support developers beyond coverage.
Reporting from 1 source: Inside.
Mare, operator of game media outlet Deng Famitsu Nico Gamer and ARG group Daiyon Kyokai, exhibited a 12-title booth at BitSummit PUNCH. Five titles were selected via public call for a free special recommendation corner. Booth manager Yu Kayama said the exhibition was triggered by a need to give back to indie developers and by the gold sponsorship's Steam slot benefit.
Mare, the company behind game media outlet Deng Famitsu Nico Gamer and ARG creator group Daiyon Kyokai, set up a 12-title booth at BitSummit PUNCH in Kyoto from May 22 to 24. The booth included five titles chosen via a public call for a special recommendation corner, offered to developers at no cost. Booth manager Yu Kayama told Inside that the decision to exhibit as a gold sponsor was driven by a sense that the media outlet was not giving back enough to indie games, and by the sponsorship benefit of receiving slots on a special Steam page.
The five recommended titles were UGOMEKU NOTE, Under A Groove, Korokoro Friends, Re:Connect, and Cthulhu Mythos Card Game ADV Erase-missing link-. Six other titles, including Pain Pain Go Away! and Veritas Tales: The Witch of the Dark Castle, were exhibited alongside Daiyon Kyokai's new ARG Hito no Game Cassette, which featured a non-sale game console.
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