CST Issues “GameMode” Report for Q4 2024

The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) issued "GameMode" report of Q4 2024, which compares the quality of telecom service providers performance in Saudi Arabia for the most popular online games, which revealed an improvement in the performance of online games by 88% compared to Q4 of 2023, it also showed that “STC” won the Platinum Operator Award for H2 of 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 “STC”, “Mobily” and “Salam” shared the leading position in the performance of download speeds on STEAM by achieving 100%. The report stated that “Mobily” leading on PlayStation by 100%, while “Mobily”, “STC”, and “Salam” shared the lead on the XBOX by 98%.

In addition, the report demonstrated that "STC" and "Mobily" showed the highest performance of the average response time in 4 games, namely Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, Fortnite and VALORANT. While "STC“ and “Zain” were leading in Rainbow Six Siege. However, "STC" was the top in 7 games: Mobile Legends، Counter Strike، Dota2، PUBG Mobile، Call of Duty Mobile، Honor of Kings، League of Legends, while “Mobily” took the lead in FREE FIRE، PUBG، Star Craft 2. “STC”, “Mobily”, and “Zain” collectively dominated the rankings in Rocket League.

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 "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, and highlights service providers efforts in supporting the gaming community.

The “GameMode” initiative increases competitiveness among telecom service providers to provide the best experience for players 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.

to view the report : Game Mode 2024 - Q4