The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) issued "GameMode" report of Q2 2024, which compares the quality of telecom service providers performance in Saudi Arabia for the most popular online games, which showed an improvement in the performance of online games by 85% compared to Q2 of 2023, and announced “STC” as the winner of the Platinum Game Operator for the first half of 2024. The report also highlights the service providers performance for the top games in the Esports World Cup 2024.
The report also showed an increase in the performance of download speeds of online games across popular gaming stores in Saudi Arabia, where it revealed that the performance of download speeds on STEAM reached 100% by all telecom service providers. The report stated that “Mobily” and “Salam” companies were leading on PlayStation by 100%, while “Mobily” also topped the list in XBOX by 100%.
In addition, the report demonstrated that "STC" and "Mobily" showed the highest latency performance in 7 games, namely Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, Fortnite, League of Legends, Rocket League, Valorant, HALO INFINTE. While "STC" led in 8 games, namely Mobile Legends, PUBG, Counter Strike, Dota2, STARCRAFT, PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty Mobile, Rainbow Six Siege. However, "Mobily" was the top in 2 games: FREE FIRE and HONOR OF KINGS, while "STC", "Mobily" and “Salam" were all leading in Battlefield.
The report also included a series of guidelines for improving the quality of Internet connection for online games, as well as home network setup and network devices efficiency guidelines. It also highlighted the steps to participate in achieving the objectives of “GameMode” initiative, by registering for a "Meqyas FTTH" device, which allows the user to know the Internet performance of the most popular apps and online games. The report keeps up with the latest games and includes performance indicators in its periodic editions, which is published quarterly, as well as highlighting the efforts of telecom service providers in supporting the gaming community.
The “GameMode” initiative aims to raise competitiveness among telecom service providers to offer the best experience for gamers while raising the level of transparency in the market by publishing data and indicators’ results, along with enabling investors and interested parties to view market performance indicators in Saudi Arabia.
