http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/ Analayzing the social internet and related topics. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-13 Krutal Desai Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:41:53 +0000 http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-13 Interesting point Nathan, I think you are absolutely correct when it comes to new generations of consoles being an extremely difficult task for adoption and Facebook doesnt have that problem. There are many reasons why this parallel doesn't work -- but on a more general level it made sense. Interesting point Nathan, I think you are absolutely correct when it comes to new generations of consoles being an extremely difficult task for adoption and Facebook doesnt have that problem. There are many reasons why this parallel doesn’t work — but on a more general level it made sense.

]]> http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-12 Imran Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:50:06 +0000 http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-12 I think you have a point. Games will evolve into more social applications that integrate peoples performance with rankings amongst their friends. Really brining the competitive level and creativity up. It's only a matter of time where you'll always be playing against another person rather than just the computer. I think you have a point. Games will evolve into more social applications that integrate peoples performance with rankings amongst their friends. Really brining the competitive level and creativity up. It’s only a matter of time where you’ll always be playing against another person rather than just the computer.

]]> http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-10 Nathan D Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:41:24 +0000 http://krutal.com/is-rockyou-the-next-ea/#comment-10 Seems there are some general views on "platforms" vs. "applications" that can be applied to both situations, but unlike game consoles, Facebook isn't subject to inevitable obsolescence the way the game consoles were -- a "generation" of console was very well defined and getting consumers to adopt each new generation was an enormous task. Facebook (and the other social platforms) can iterate gradually, constantly changing to adapt to changing user needs and adding/subtracting as needed. Of course, this does not mean that Facebook is guaranteed to be a strong player a decade from now, and it does not mean that RockYou won't have a lot of advantages in being available on all platforms, but I'm not sure the underlying economic constraints and time scales that played out in consoles make a good parallel to the current dynamic between facebook (etc.) and rockyou (etc.) Seems there are some general views on “platforms” vs. “applications” that can be applied to both situations, but unlike game consoles, Facebook isn’t subject to inevitable obsolescence the way the game consoles were — a “generation” of console was very well defined and getting consumers to adopt each new generation was an enormous task. Facebook (and the other social platforms) can iterate gradually, constantly changing to adapt to changing user needs and adding/subtracting as needed. Of course, this does not mean that Facebook is guaranteed to be a strong player a decade from now, and it does not mean that RockYou won’t have a lot of advantages in being available on all platforms, but I’m not sure the underlying economic constraints and time scales that played out in consoles make a good parallel to the current dynamic between facebook (etc.) and rockyou (etc.)

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