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It's All About the Game in Social Media
By Brian McCallion
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July 13, 2011 02:32 PM EDT
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Since I last wrote about the game space, the forces of the marketplace has become more visible to me, and I think the central role online games play in the social media space now becomes a focus area. Contrary to my recommendation,  ATVI did not purchase MySpace, even at the price of $35Million.

Yet today, July 13th, 2011 I learned that Electronic Arts purchased PopCap, an online game company for $1.3B. That's pretty good in my opinion. I also read today that Google owns a $100M investment in Zynga. To me these events underscore the central place of online games in the social media / social network space.



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Brian McCallion holds a graduate degree and is a keynote speaker at Wall Street community Cloud Computing events. As a result of publicity from such work, New York-based Venture Capital seek Brian’s uniquely informed perspective on the business and technology dynamics of the Cloud. As founder of one of New York City’s early application service providers, a seasoned web application, and middleware architect, Brian’s 20 year focus on business, applications, and infrastructure enrich and shape strategies to interpret, anticipate, and leverage what has now come to be called “The Cloud.”