The End of Social Gaming
The End of Social Gaming
It’s not too often I write an article that can completely and utterly dissuade and discourage you, or others from moving towards your goals in creating a mobile app, which may in fact be a game.
But after reading a very interesting article I felt I needed to write my own to get my thoughts out there. It goes without saying that people have gone overboard with adoration for a slightly new genre of games that were really not all that new to begin with.
In reality, these “games” are just re-makes of other games that have had their time in the spotlight already (mostly on facebook, the web, and earlier game consoles), the difference is – now your friends are on the scoreboard (or game center). These games are all played out and there will be without a doubt a downswing unless something new is brought to the table, but I don’t see another Angry Birds or Farmville on the horizon for a long time..until my game comes out that is. 😉
I guess what I really take from this article the most is that, at the end of the day..Games are just another form of entertainment that provide no true utiliarian value. So what is there to do then?
If all the money is in entertainment, but the games market seems to be fading..
I’d say..even though there’s already 1,000,000 other apps out there in the Apple App Store there’s never a shortage for a well designed, well thought out, well developed and produced games, or app for that matter.
Keep in mind, one of the most Popular apps whose been taking particular notice from Facebook is What’sApp a social messaging app that sends around 10 BILLION messages a day.
On another note, Evernote received another $85 million in Funding, and their CEO Phil Libin went on to discuss his investor selection process as,
“the glue that holds everyone’s interest in keeping their shares together. He’s confident that his investors all love the product, and says he chose his investors similarly to how he chose his earlier investors like Sequoia Capital and DoCoMo: they all focus on the product.”
Kevin is an Online and Mobile Marketing Strategist who has worked with companies of all sizes over the last 6 years. You can follow Kevin on any of the social platforms below.
