Comments on: Social Gaming – SXSW panel

By: Melissamercy

Melissamercy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:27:20 +0000

Great info. Putting up a blog post about this and the other recent articles on Social Gaming . Interesting breakdown. I hope I see all of you on that list one day. Keep up the good work! Play online casinos games

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By: Mark Surfas

Mark Surfas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:33:45 +0000

My guess is that Facebook will find a way to create shelf space and sell that space to the highest bidder, just as the game retailers did for so many years. There will always be an “end cap” for sale. I’m not sure what steam is doing in regards to their retail store, but facebook is definitely going to want a big(ger) piece of the action.

Brand per se, will matter when they have a cohesive retail environment, but I don’t think it will ever matter nearly as much as it did when EA dominated by having the most organized sales and distribution organization.

Keep in mind these retail sales all frictionless now. Will I try zynga’s new game – sure. Will I try some new game I’ve never heard of with a cool name? Sure. I don’t have to commit $60 and take a disk home. I just get to try it. Free.