Game Analytics

I have been wanting to move from our custom logging process to an analytics tool specific to gaming for quiet sometime now. The main reason being maintenance and interpretation of the data. After some research looks like Playtomic is the only game analytics tool that gives more than you can ask for. I played around with other tools but nothing so interesting. Lumos for example is new and has a long way to go and most of them use google analytics to get their job done. What we need was much more than that. Heatmaps supported by Playtomic is simply awesome. Who would not want it. I am surprised nobody else thought of it; maybe because it seemed more of an overhead than a good feature to have.
 
Unfortunately it also looks like Playtomic is dangling right now. It claims to be recording several billion events a day and for that amount and the price I wonder how they are able to sustain. A good product like this should never end. I hope they continue their support and I hope they come back to shape pretty soon. It is by far the best game analytics tool that I have ever seen.

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