Playdomceo: Ready to set up a division in China or will make an acquisition

John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, John Plissan April 11 at the China Social Games summit in Saturday that the boom in China's social game development market is attracting international companies to join.　　John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, one of the three big social game developers on Facebook, told NetEase technology at the Saturday China Social Games summit that the company was preparing to set up offices in China and was actively looking for more outstanding developers and partners. As for the reason for the plunge into the Chinese market, John says the company is bullish on the rapid expansion of China's social gaming market this year, hoping to find a more cost-effective and excellent development team in China.　　So far, Facebook's four big social-gaming developers have begun to battle the Chinese market, with the exception of Zynga.　　Insiders said that from Playdom last November to date 5 of acquisitions and investment speculation, the company chose this time to intervene in the Chinese market will be likely to directly choose the acquisition of the practice.　　Playdom the first external financing of $43 million last November, with investors taking the lead in 4 ventures with EA, rumors Playdom will use the funds to quickly narrow the gap with Playfish and Zynga, and typically acquisitions will be the quickest way to expand.　　At the Saturday China Social Games Summit, John Playdom participated in the Roundtable Forum on "Focusing on users, touring the world," and the social game developers who participated in the forum included the Playfish and rockyou in the United States and the cool and 5 minutes of local China.　　Among Playdom rivals, EA-affiliated Playfish has offices in Beijing and has a team of people with a scale, and a $5 billion worth of Zynga rumors will soon open offices in China.　　In addition, RockYou, another of Facebook's strong rivals, is also aggressively pushing into the Chinese market, with co-founder Shenjia, who has been aggressively looking for partners in China last year, at the Saturday China Social Games Summit, Shenjia hosted a forum to close contact with Chinese social-game developers. Data show that Playdom is headquartered in California, USA, The company valued more than $260 million trillion, and the three founders of the core management team were Chinese, earning 60% of apps from MySpace, 40% from apps on Facebook platforms, 70% from social games, 10% from ads, and 20% from other services.