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Google building "Games at Google"?

22 points by ignifero 16y ago

vidiviciveni 16y ago
Is there any market Google isn't trying to encompass?
- beej71 16y ago
  Google Deep Sea Fishing? Google Petroleum? Googleburgers!
  - Groxx 16y ago
    >Googleburgers! I don't know if I should be afraid of the "I'm feeling lucky" button for that, or if it's incomprehensibly brilliant.
- MatthewPhillips 16y ago
  It's a no-brainer considering their work with NaCl and with pushing WebGL forward. It just shows that they actually believe in those products.
- deleted 16y ago
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ggordan 16y ago
Without a social network, Google Games doesn't make sense to me. It would mean that Google is turning into a portal. If such a product is being planned, I'm sure it's part of a larger 'social strategy'.
- MatthewPhillips 16y ago
  Google already has a social network, they just don't have a name or homepage for it (those are important). Presumably this would tie right into Profiles, Buzz, and Contacts. Google can easily build a social network around Android, I'm not sure why they aren't going that route. They know who you contact most, they know how you contact them. They just need a private version of Buzz and integrate it into Contacts and they'd be a major threat to Facebook.
  - ignifero 16y ago
    IMHO, gmail (or android) contacts are not "friends" or people one wants to share things with. Gmail could morph into a rolodex, like linkedin, but unlike facebook.
    - MatthewPhillips 16y ago
      These are the people you text and call all of the time. You already share with them.
- ignifero 16y ago
  There is an audience for social games, and it doesn't necessarily encompass the whole of someone's social network. Just think about how facebook, after countless reincarnations, created special sections for games. I just hope it's opt-in this time, not force-fed like buzz.
- magicalist 16y ago
  well they have other platforms besides the search page, like android and chrome. both already have portal like features, for better or worse.
dpcan 16y ago
Could they just be creating a "Game Center" for Android?

22 points by ignifero 16y ago

vidiviciveni 16y ago

Is there any market Google isn't trying to encompass?

beej71 16y ago
Google Deep Sea Fishing? Google Petroleum? Googleburgers!
- Groxx 16y ago
  >Googleburgers! I don't know if I should be afraid of the "I'm feeling lucky" button for that, or if it's incomprehensibly brilliant.
MatthewPhillips 16y ago
It's a no-brainer considering their work with NaCl and with pushing WebGL forward. It just shows that they actually believe in those products.
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ggordan 16y ago

Without a social network, Google Games doesn't make sense to me. It would mean that Google is turning into a portal. If such a product is being planned, I'm sure it's part of a larger 'social strategy'.

MatthewPhillips 16y ago
Google already has a social network, they just don't have a name or homepage for it (those are important). Presumably this would tie right into Profiles, Buzz, and Contacts. Google can easily build a social network around Android, I'm not sure why they aren't going that route. They know who you contact most, they know how you contact them. They just need a private version of Buzz and integrate it into Contacts and they'd be a major threat to Facebook.
- ignifero 16y ago
  IMHO, gmail (or android) contacts are not "friends" or people one wants to share things with. Gmail could morph into a rolodex, like linkedin, but unlike facebook.
  - MatthewPhillips 16y ago
    These are the people you text and call all of the time. You already share with them.
ignifero 16y ago
There is an audience for social games, and it doesn't necessarily encompass the whole of someone's social network. Just think about how facebook, after countless reincarnations, created special sections for games. I just hope it's opt-in this time, not force-fed like buzz.
magicalist 16y ago
well they have other platforms besides the search page, like android and chrome. both already have portal like features, for better or worse.

dpcan 16y ago

Could they just be creating a "Game Center" for Android?