Company presentation

1. Psyonix
Peter Wei

2. Why Psyonix
● I play a lot of Rocket League
● Interesting Success Story

3. Problem
Gamers want to play games that are both fun and competitive

4. Product: Rocket League
● Short 5 minute matches
● Easy to play, hard to master
● ESports!
Example

5. Persona: Jim, 21, College Student
● Big sports fan & gamer
● Competitive, but friends don’t play sports
● Doesn’t have large blocks of free time

6. Financials: Sales
● Steam top 12 games by revenue: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
● 6.5 million unique monthly players
● World Championship peak viewers: 160,000

7. Business Model
● Game Sales ($10-$20)
● Loot crates ($1 per crate opening)
● Rocket pass ($10 per season)

8. Early History
● Founded in 2000 by David Hagewood
● Contracting and game mods
● Released Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars (2008)

9. History - Rocket League (2015-present)
2015
Released
Rocket
League
2016
Partnered w/
Twitch.tv for
RLCS
+
Release First
Loot Crate
2019
ESports TV Deal
w/ Turner Sports
2017
Released on
Nintendo
Switch
2018
RLCS Season 6:
$1 Million Prize
pool
+
Released
Rocket Pass

10. “Secret Sauce” - Wide Appeal
● Simple & intuitive gameplay
● Both competitive & casual
● Often streamed by popular Twitch
streamers

11. “Secret Sauce” - Collection Aspect
● Purchasable DLC (Mclaren, Batman, Back to The Future)
● Loot Crates & Rocket Pass
● Item Trading

12. “Secret Sauce” - Competition
● Professional ESports
● Ranking System
● College Leagues

13. Competitors
Compete Online Easy to
Learn
E-Sports
Focused
Makes Multiple
Games
Psyonix ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Riot Games ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
EA ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔

14. Future Success? - We’ll See...
● Past two years: steady player base and ESports viewership
● Needs Esports growth and integration
● Continue making high quality updates

15. Thank You!

16. References
● https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steams-best-selling-2015-games-revealed-in-prelimi/1100-6433336/
● https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2016_top_sellers/
● https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2017_best_sellers/
● https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2018_so_far_top_sellers/
● https://wccftech.com/rocket-league-40-million-players/
● https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-sells-1-million-on-steam/1100-6430136/
● http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/266650/Rocket_League_revenue_hits_70_million_as_sales_surpass_4_million.php
● https://www.polygon.com/2016/6/1/11829612/rocket-league-sales-numbers-players
● https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-passes-105-million-sales-as-dev-expl/1100-6448621/
● https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/rocket-league-statistics-and-facts/
● http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/29/9069709/rocket-league-hits-5m-downloads-more-than-double-that-of-predecessor
● https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-hits-8-million-players-new-dlc-relea/1100-6432711/
● https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-reaches-12-million-players-as-dev-ex/1100-6435127/
● http://www.usgamer.net/articles/rocket-league-crosses-40-million-players-worldwide
● https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-19-rocket-league-reaches-50-million-players-worldwide
● https://rocketleague.fandom.com/wiki/Crate
● https://www.rocketleagueesports.com/news/introducing-rlcs-season-6/
● https://esportsobserver.com/psyonix-eleague-rocket-league/