Comments on: Video: Social Gaming Executives Predict the Future of the Industry in 2010

By: Peanut Labs | Video: Social Gaming Executives Predict the Future of the Industry in 2010

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:26:00 +0000

[...] What will be the most significant changes in social gaming this year? We joined a panel of social gaming executives last night at a packed event in the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to… read more [...]

By: Google Hires a Developer Advocate to Focus on Games

Google Hires a Developer Advocate to Focus on Games — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:23:03 +0000

[...] will work on all of Google’s initiatives, though, and the company has expressed plenty of interest in social games in the past, including its Lively virtual environment, which it gave up on in [...]

By: Highlights of Last Week’s Discussion Panel « Research Labs.

Highlights of Last Week’s Discussion Panel « Research Labs. — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:14:33 +0000

[...] If history is truly written by the winners, then last Thursday will likely go down in history as a pivotal discussion between a handful of social media giants. As we mentioned on Monday’s blog, our COO Ali Moiz roped in a panel of of 2009’s biggest “winners” into an engaging discourse on the future of the social gaming platform for 2010, along with well-seasoned editor, Eric Eldon of Inside Social Games. [...]

By: Social gamers are not looking for games

Social gamers are not looking for games — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:48:27 +0000

[...] is Facebooking. Daniel James, Co-founder and CEO of Three Rings spoke about Facebooking at a recent panel on social gaming. They are mentally Facebooking. They are not there to play games, they are there to Facebook. And [...]

By: Ric Moore

Ric Moore — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:14:48 +0000

Not sure about Ali’s point 1. As Pillow Fight has already shown, using stream publishing is actually a much more dangerous tool than notifications ever were. Until users get used to this feature they’ll find apps can write masses of crap to their news feeds without them even noticing.

By: Azam Khan

Azam Khan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:16:43 +0000

20 cents per user per DAU? LOLLLL.

I think a lot of these predictions are spot on. Less virality, higher quality, higher retention, increased acceptance of gaming as a form of socialization, more competition, new innovation in advertising, no more farmvilles, increased crossplatform experiences, branching out of Facebook and more!

One thing I’d like to comment on: Google is already ‘busting a move’ with Google App Engine. Check it out. The application BuddyPoke is utilizing it well and seeing a great success.

Peace!

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:45:34 +0000

Very nice. Enjoyed the video.

By: Filipp Issa

Filipp Issa — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:00:33 +0000

Great panel talk – thanks a lot for posting this :-)

All the best from Gamesrocker – Live Games Events, Berlin/Germany.

By: Alvaro Bracamonte

Alvaro Bracamonte — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:08:33 +0000

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By: Tadhg Kelly

Tadhg Kelly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:01:50 +0000

Great video, thanks guys.