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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 su
by ggordan 15y 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 15y agoGoogle 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 15y agoIMHO, 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 15y agoThese are the people you text and call all of the time. You already share with them.
- ignifero 15y agoThere 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 15y agowell they have other platforms besides the search page, like android and chrome. both already have portal like features, for better or worse.