The venture is bullish on community games Facebook will be challenged

Community games are getting more attention recently as a new technology, according to CNET's website May 23. 　　This Thursday, the United States convened the first special seminar on Community games Inter play. Some casual games on Facebook are the embryonic form of community games. 　　VCs are bullish on the field, such as social Gaming receptacle, a community gaming website, that has already won 25 million of billions of dollars in investments from several investment agencies. Dave McClure, the conference organizer, said: "The industry has clearly recognized that community games are highly participatory and fast, at least on Facebook." 　　He says one of his students has been quick to buy interest in two companies after developing a community game. However, McClure is concerned about the profitability of community games and questions whether the site can turn user participation into profit. "There is a lot of potential in this area, but there are still many questions about profitability," he said. "The uncertainty about this kind of profitability is mainly due to the lack of an effective pay system for these small games," he said. In addition, at present, it is difficult to have a website to shake Facebook's leading position. But he also said: "In the next 6-12 months, the situation will change." The topics of the interplay meeting include "financing of Community Games", "The Future of Network community Games", "Community based Gaming", "Community game advertising and marketing", and "micro-trading and virtual goods". 　　It is noteworthy that some traditional game companies also participated in the meeting. "Waiting is a loss for these companies," said Dean Takahashi, Venture beat journalist. If EA delays its own community game, they will need to spend 100 million of dollars on acquisitions. However, Takahashi also said that the game company's efforts are likely to be difficult to achieve results. He said: "It is hard to understand why users are so interested in these simple games and the development of these games does not require a lot of people." He believes that the main reason may be that through the game mechanism, messages and other community sites of the common function will be more interesting.