VK Play and ResearchMe conducted a study on esports. They interviewed 1,500 Russians over the age of 18 and found out that only 57% of respondents know about esports (and another 28% have heard of such a term).

Yesterday VK announced a change in the commission policy of the VK Play platform, whose store component is the Russian equivalent of Steam. Now developers can count on 95% of the sales of games hosted on the site. We talked in detail about the nuances of the initiative with Rodion Kotelnikov, CTO VK Play.

VK decided to attract more developers to the VK Play gaming platform. To do this, she reduced the commission for Russian and foreign teams from 30% to 5%.

Игровая площадка VK Play и ResearchMe решили узнать, как российские родители относятся к увлечению детей видеоиграми. Выяснилось, что 63% не думают об этом ничего плохого, а 25% даже хотели бы, чтобы их ребенок связал с видеоиграми карьеру.