03Apr
By xd_adminsummit |

What Industry Type should I select?

  • Service Provider (Companies Selling Services or Consulting)
    If your organization offers any form of service or consulting to Buyers, you must purchase a Service Provider ticket. This includes companies that provide full game development, co-development, art, animation, QA, porting, or other external development services.
    If your company both develops its own games and provides services, you qualify as a Service Provider, unless you work exclusively within a department that develops your company’s own games and has no involvement whatsoever in selling or marketing services to other studios.
    If you are representing your company at XDS to promote or provide services in any capacity, please select the Service Provider ticket type.
  • Buyer (Individuals Purchasing Services, or Investing)
    Select the Buyer ticket type if your professional focus is on developing, publishing, or financially supporting the development of games and you are interested in purchasing external services that support game production. This includes studios creating or publishing games using their own IP, publishers working with external developers, and investors who support game studios and want to better understand the external development ecosystem and potential partners. If your company is a Service Provider, and you want to purchase services at XDS, you must work exclusively within a department that purely develops or publishes your company’s own games and has no involvement whatsoever in selling or marketing services to other studios. By selecting the Buyer category, you agree not to promote or sell services at XDS. If your company sells external development services and you are involved in selling or marketing those services, you must register as a Service Provider and not as a Buyer.
  • Middleware Provider
    Middleware providers offer essential tools, technologies, and software components that facilitate game development for other developers and publishers. These offerings are not full game development services, but rather foundational elements and engines that enable game creation. If your company primarily provides these types of tools and technologies, please select the “Middleware Provider” ticket type.
  • Country Representative
    A “Country Representative” serves as an official liaison or ambassador for a specific country’s game development industry. Their responsibilities often include fostering connections, promoting studios within their country, and potentially organizing delegations or events at the conference. If your primary role is to represent and promote your country’s game industry, please select the “Country Representative” ticket type.
  • Indie Buyer
    The Indie Buyer ticket is intended for independently owned studios with 50 or fewer employees that develop and/or publish their own games and do not sell services to other developers or publishers. To qualify, your company must be independently owned (not a subsidiary or majority-owned by another company) and must not offer any external development services such as co-development, art, animation, QA, porting, engineering, or consulting. If your company exceeds 50 employees, is owned by another company, or sells services to other developers, please select a different ticket category.