Motoi Sato Spoke at ThinkingAI Summit 2026 Tokyo in a Dialogue with the CEO of 89PRODUCE
On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Motoi Sato, CEO of MOTTO Inc., spoke at "ThinkingAI Summit 2026 Tokyo," an event focused on data and AI in games, held at City Hall & Gallery Gotanda.
Together with the CEO of 89PRODUCE, a producer behind many hit mobile games, Sato held a dialogue session titled "Challenges and the Future of the Mobile Game Industry as AI Evolves."
MOTTO supported the event as GAME FUTURE SUMMIT, the game industry business event it organizes.
Key points from the dialogue
- With development costs rising and the market shrinking at the same time, the mobile game industry is shifting its focus from the scale of revenue to profit margins
- AI has lowered the cost of development and operations, so even small teams can now run a viable business. Projects once shelved as unprofitable can be started small and grown
- On the other hand, as AI lets anyone make games, titles become harder to discover. Deciding who to reach, with what kind of expression and through which channels, from the planning stage becomes essential
- In an era of mass-produced content, the creator's distinctive voice and the story of who made a work, and why, become more valuable
- Closing the session, Sato noted that marketers, analysts and people working within companies alike should use AI to expand their roles
Event overview
- Event: ThinkingAI Summit 2026 Tokyo
- Theme: AI Agents, to the front line.
- Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Venue: City Hall & Gallery Gotanda (3F Gotanda JP Building, 8-4-13 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)
- Admission: Free
▼Official event website (Japanese)
https://thinkingai.io/jp/thinkingai-summit-2026
GAME FUTURE SUMMIT 2027
GAME FUTURE SUMMIT 2027, one of the game industry's largest business events dedicated to game marketing and production, will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2027, at Bellesalle Shibuya Garden.
▼Official website
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