Comments on: What distinguishes social games from multi-player games? http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/05/08/what-distinguishes-social-games-from-multi-player-games/ Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Morgan http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2008/05/08/what-distinguishes-social-games-from-multi-player-games/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Morgan Thu, 08 May 2008 18:21:49 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=19#comment-44 I think you have some great points about what distinguishes social games from multi-player games. However, I don't think they are as different as suggested, in fact if anything they are more similar than different. I think it might be better to say that social games are a child-entity of it's parents multi-player game. As they encapsulate the 'multi-player' interactions with other people, but include these sub-elements of social affects as mentioned above. I think you have some great points about what distinguishes social games from multi-player games. However, I don’t think they are as different as suggested, in fact if anything they are more similar than different.

I think it might be better to say that social games are a child-entity of it’s parents multi-player game. As they encapsulate the ‘multi-player’ interactions with other people, but include these sub-elements of social affects as mentioned above.

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