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谷歌发布Chrome网络商店,集社交休闲游戏为一体

发布时间:2010-12-08 16:28:52 Tags:,,,

在今天的会议上,谷歌公司新款Chrome Web Store(Chrome网络商店)正式发布,为广大Chrome浏览器用户提供各种可下载应用和游戏,包括社交游戏等。

目前,Chrome Web Store提供的社交游戏有限,如Zynga公司热门游戏FarmVille,Digital Chocolate旗下Millionaire City和OMGpop公司的Balloono等。在Chrome网络商店发布之初,谷歌公司似乎没有花费太多精力在整合上,所谓的“应用”也只是将用户导向各种社交游戏现有网站的标签。

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然而,由于谷歌公司称目前近1/3的互联网用户正使用chrome浏览器,因此社交游戏开发公司不妨一试Chrome网络商店。

现在,Chrome网络商店提供的服务主要侧重于Onslaught! Arena和Wordico等付费休闲游戏。如果这一经营模式成功的话,Chrome网络商店将再次掀起手机设备付费和免费游戏之战。但是据游戏邦了解,由于谷歌公司在获取用户信用卡信息方面还有待加强,因此就目前情况看来,免费应用可能更受网络商店用户的青睐。

不过,对于想摆脱Facebook网站的社交游戏开发商而言,Chrome网络商店值得一试。游戏开发商可以开发与谷歌Chrome网络商店相连的目标游戏网站,或直接在Chrome网络商店发布可下载游戏应用。

此外,谷歌还为各种浏览器应用提供了硬件加速服务,为玩家体验更高品质的游戏动画和图像提供渠道。未来还计划将HTML5技术融入游戏开发。

目前,Chrome网络商店虽然对许多社交游戏开发公司的吸引力并不强势,但随着未来Chrome OS的开发及明年劲敌新款iPad的发布,各大社交游戏开发公司不妨对多加关注。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

At a conference today, Google unveiled the new Chrome Web Store, a custom-built destination for its Chrome browser with downloadable apps and games, including social games.

The social titles available are limited so far to just a few games like FarmVille by Zynga, Millionaire City by Digital Chocolate, and OMGpop’s Balloono. Google doesn’t appear to have put a lot of effort into the integration; the “apps” are effectively glorified bookmarks leading to preexisting destination sites.

But with Google claiming that a third of all internet users are now on Chrome, the Web Store nevertheless deserves a look from social developers.

All of the Web Store’s featured offerings so far are actually paid casual games like Onslaught! Arena and Wordico. If that business model succeeds, the Web Store could recreate the paid vs free app battle taking place on mobile devices.

On the other hand, Google may have trouble convincing many users to hand over credit card information, so free apps are, for the moment, more likely to do well on the Web Store.

Developers who want to move off Facebook could do well with Google, either creating destination sites for Google to point to — effectively making it a directory and discovery service — or as more full-featured downloadable apps.

Google is also offering hardware acceleration for browser apps, opening the way to more animation and better graphics, and attempting to further establish HTML5 as acceptable for game development.

For now there’s no reason for any social developer to go out of their way to work with the Web Store, but with the Chrome OS and new iPad competitors launching next year, it’s worth keeping an eye on. (Source : Inside Social Games)


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