Tripledot Studios' Akin Babayigit On Understanding The Business Behind Great Games

Great games start with a great understanding of gaps in the industry and the factors that play a pivotal role in predicting profitability. This week, we welcome a guest with a keen eye for both and a sixth sense for high-potential startups. Akin Babayigit, Co-Founder and President of Tripledot Studios joins our hosts, Peggy Anne Salz and Brian Baglow. The business side of games is baked into Akin's DNA—a talent that helped him build Tripledot from the ground up and go on to effectively scout out and scale lucrative studios like Dream Games and Luna Labs Limited. In this episode, he shares pages from his playbook on recognizing the signs of commercial success in a specific title and tells Peggy and Brian the specific data points that are most crucial to the decision-making process at Tripledot. Tune into the show for his insights into the unique opportunities for app marketers in Turkey and advice to embrace the new science of performance marketing. **Chapters** 00:00 - Intro  01:55 - Akin's background 07:52 - How Tripledot stands out 14:39 - Signs that a game will be a success 28:01 - Market conditions in Turkey 35:18 - Embrace the new science of performance marketing 42:15 - Favourite games Q&A