Comments on: Social Media World Forum: Social Gaming Panel

By: CostaRica

CostaRica — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:54:10 +0000

Haha I love Cary Gomes’s statement about start ups. I have heard nothing but good things of start up game called Karma Kingdom, I love the idea of taking actual life and growing awareness thru the only way tangible to certain types of people.

By: Chloe Nicholls

Chloe Nicholls — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:15:51 +0000

Hey Nic,

Sure! Newspepper.com made a behind-the-scene video about Mind Candy (online social gaming company). You can watch the video here:

http://vimeo.com/9740671

By: Carry Gomes

Carry Gomes — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:41:05 +0000

I love this list! I’m excited to see how these start ups start stirring things up. It’s about time talented folks like the fabulous Terry Redfield are revealed. Go Gamer Girls AND go women of today being represented in the gaming industry. Bravo, Ladies!

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:04:17 +0000

If only I had the ability to write an application for face book, I could set myself up for retirement considering the amount of people using now and in the future. HHmmm, I think a career change is in order!

By: Nichola Stott

Nichola Stott — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:54 +0000

@BeAloud – Its so interesting actually just HOW HUGE the virtual gaming sector already is in Asia. I interviewed Oliver yesterday, before he flew back to Beijing (where XPD are HQ’d) and he gave me some pretty awesome stats and market insights. Make sure you’re following me on twitter http://twitter.com/nicholastott as I’ll be sure to tweet the link when I’ve written it up. You might find it interesting

Thanks for the FB credits link. I’m looking for any education I can get my hands on in this sector, so really useful!

@Steve – game on!

@Chloe – I’ve always been with you in terms of not participating myself; however I think given the way this market is going I’ve got to at least have a splash (out of nothing other than professional interest of course).

If the Newspepper video is live yet feel free to come and drop a link in the comments here as it sure sounds interesting a relevent to our audience.

By: Chloe Nicholls

Chloe Nicholls — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:52:10 +0000

Hi Nichola a great overview of the session. I missed this one. But I must confess, I never play online games – just for the sack of a game. I’m more likely to play an online game if it has some viral element to it – so I’m perfect candidate for brands haha

What’s interesting, for me, is the phenomenal popularity of games like Farmville. I just don’t get it. I hear it’s addictive. And buying virtual presents. But the idea that social gaming will be the largest online market in 5 years time is compelling. I can see it is heading that way too (i.e. Farmville’s popularity).

Newspepper.com recently produced a behind-the-scenes video called Inside: Mind Candy – a social gaming company- for their recruitment drive. So anyone looking for gaming dev job should have a looksie.

The signs are there. Lots to think about…

Chloe

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:14:03 +0000

Virtual Bingo is the way forward then!

By: BeAloud

BeAloud — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:19:25 +0000

The virtual goods market is already huge in Asia and in Facebook’s monetization strategy Social Gaming could make a difference.

If Facebook Credits succeed in becoming not only cross-application, but also cross platform (starting from FB Connect on other websites or converging on Mobile apps like Oliver Lo said), and maybe an online payment system for micro-payments and online purchases, it could become a serious competitor for PayPal and Google Checkout in the future.

Some information about Facebook Credits, its revenue split model for FB apps and exchange rate can be found here: http://www.bealoud.com/social-media/facebook-credits/