Supporting a gaming studio’s growth across distribution platforms
Consulting on distribution and finance processes, combined with Orbis Agents, can help a studio understand how a growing catalogue and platform mix translate into cash.
An illustrative business scenario, not a report of a completed client engagement. The benefits described are intended outcomes, not verified results.
Consulting connects the business ambition with the processes, priorities and decisions that need to change.
The challenge
Platform statements arrive on different schedules and apply different treatments to refunds, fees, taxes and currency conversion. The studio must reconcile those statements with internal sales records and bank receipts before it can explain the period’s cash position.
- Sales by titleStudio records
- Fees and settlement statementsPlatforms
- Cash receivedBanking
What explains the settlement gap?
- A receipt still within the payment schedule
- A fee, refund or currency adjustment
- An amount that remains unexplained
When an amount does not agree, staff work across several files to establish whether the cause is timing, a deduction or incomplete information. The review becomes more demanding as titles and distribution channels multiply.
Consulting and Orbis Agents in practice
Prinorbis reviews the financial operating model behind the studio’s distribution strategy. The consulting work identifies which platform differences require distinct treatment, establishes a common review process and assigns ownership for unresolved items. A phased implementation starts with a defined platform and reporting period so the business can assess the approach before extending it.
Orbis Agents organise platform statements, internal records and receipts, prepares reconciliations and identifies differences by platform, title and period. The workflow retains the original statement alongside the proposed explanation. Finance confirms the treatment of fees, tax and currency items and approves any adjustment. Queries to a distribution partner are prepared for review rather than sent without authorisation.
The business value
The proposed process gives the studio a clearer account of what has settled and what remains outstanding. Finance can concentrate on unexplained differences rather than repeat the preparation for every platform. Better visibility of settlement timing can also support cash planning.
Illustrative impact
What better could look like
An example of the improvement consulting and Orbis Agents could support. These assumed before-and-after figures illustrate the scenario; they are not measured client results or forecasts.
−58%
Less repeated preparation
Platform reconciliation effort
hours per platform
−60%
Clearer platform performance
Unexplained settlement differences
per cycle
−60%
Better cash visibility
Average age of unmatched receipts
days
Basis: assumed values for a comparable workload and reporting period. Percentage reductions are relative to the starting value; pp means percentage points. Actual impact would be established through a measured pilot.
How success would be measured
A pilot would establish the baseline, agree targets with the process owner and track:
- Time to complete each platform reconciliation
- Value of unexplained settlement differences
- Age of expected receipts not yet matched
The takeaway
Distribution growth becomes easier to manage when its operational complexity is made visible and repeatable.