Comments on: Articles of Interest http://www.edery.org/2010/02/articles-of-interest-155/ For those interested in the business of making great video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Coate http://www.edery.org/2010/02/articles-of-interest-155/comment-page-1/#comment-277044 Adam Coate Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:49:17 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1483#comment-277044 Regarding Facebook Credits, there are a couple of advantages you get: 1) Facebook is a brand that people really trust, it's very authentic (unlike Myspace). That alone I think would generate you at least an extra 30% of revenue. Internet transactions are still very sketchy to many people, and I'm guessing that prevents many potential customers from spending money on Facebook apps. 2) With a common currency, you're going to get spill over from other games. Since the smallest dollar transaction people can make is $5, you'll end up with a lot of people with $1, $2, etc in left over credits. This means that it will take a lot less to convert these Facebook Credit-wielding people to paying customers. Regarding Facebook Credits, there are a couple of advantages you get:

1) Facebook is a brand that people really trust, it’s very authentic (unlike Myspace). That alone I think would generate you at least an extra 30% of revenue. Internet transactions are still very sketchy to many people, and I’m guessing that prevents many potential customers from spending money on Facebook apps.

2) With a common currency, you’re going to get spill over from other games. Since the smallest dollar transaction people can make is $5, you’ll end up with a lot of people with $1, $2, etc in left over credits. This means that it will take a lot less to convert these Facebook Credit-wielding people to paying customers.

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