Posts Tagged ‘Social Gaming Platforms’

Game Developers Look Outside of Facebook, But Find Distribution Challenges (Part 2 of 3)

viximobrianlogo This is a guest blog post Brian Balfour, Co-Founder and VP BD and Marketing, of Viximo who helps social applications and games get distribution on social networks beyond Facebook. Part 1 of this series can be found here.

In the two years since social gaming has taken hold, Facebook as a distribution platform has largely driven the success of the industry. But there is a huge, largely untapped opportunity for social games beyond the site, and although game developers are slowly beginning to tire of the challenges of distributing on Facebook and are thinking beyond it, it appears that they may not be fully aware of the size of this opportunity.

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Going Beyond Facebook: Cutthroat Competition and High User Acquisition Costs Compel Developers to Seek Alternative Distribution (Part 1 of 3)

viximobrianlogo This is a guest blog post Brian Balfour, Co-Founder and VP BD and Marketing, of Viximo who helps social applications and games get distribution on social networks beyond Facebook.

With over 450 million worldwide users, it isn’t news that Facebook is the biggest player at the social networking table. Viximo recently conducted a survey of 85 of the top app and game developers to learn about their development and distribution strategies, and 79% of respondents indicated that they currently develop social applications and games for Facebook.

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