MySpace Will put as much weight on games
"We initially embraced games a few years back with a gaming platform, but at the end of the day it was fairly isolated in certain parts of MySpace," MySpace co-president Mike Jones told AFP at a Game Developers Conference here for Sony VGP-BPS9/B battery ."MySpace is going to put as much weight behind games as we put behind music."
MySpace sees its prime demographic as Internet users between the ages of 14 and 36.The social network claims more than 100 million users, about 30 percent of whom rack up about a total of a billion minutes of online game play each month for Sony VGP-BPS8A battery . MySpace is striving to reclaim lost glory and expand its popularity in a social networking world dominated by Facebook, which boasts more than 400 million users.
"MySpace is not falling off a cliff but, at the same time, they see gaming as a ladder to find their way into more people's lives and get back on the radar ," said analyst Scott Steinberg, author of Get Rich Playing Games of Sony VGP-BPS9A battery .After being eclipsed by online social networking star Facebook , MySpace made itself into an Internet community for people who make or love music.
"Facebook has left them crowded out. At the edge of the spotlight is still out of the light."MySpace unveiled a new games gallery at myspace games and began automatically recommending games to new members along with song and friend suggestions based on profiles of Sony VGP-BPS8 battery ,Sony VGP-BPS9A/B battery .Chris DeWolfe , Colin Digiaro, and Aber Whitcomb said they will spread MindJolt to more websites and smartphones as well as work with game developers to create tools for online play.
Jones promised game developers that the website will make it easier for their creations to spread "virally" by "very gently and slowly" modifying how friends share news of fun titles for Sony VGP-BPS9/S battery ."I really want to make sure we solve the problems of 13 to 34 year-olds and a big part of that strategy is games," Jones told developers at GDC. "It will be easier for you to bring games over to MySpace."
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