最近召开的伦敦社交游戏峰会上，有些游戏开发商发表了颇令人玩味的言论。其中Playfish的首席执行官Kristian Segerstrale便提出“社交游戏”这个名词在未来将不复存在。他认为社交游戏这个词的使用寿命大概仅有2到3年，之后人们将简单称其为“游戏”，社交游戏被归为游戏产业的一部分。

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这一观点对尚处在“婴孩”阶段社交游戏产业而言有点大胆，但各游戏开发商们也有其权宜之计。Kristian Segerstrale指出创新是关键。他认为平台不再是决定游戏成败的唯一因素，游戏开发商应该再次重视创新和玩家的需求。

据GamesIndustry.biz报导，Segerstrale这番言论主要是指出了如果社交游戏领域希望在将来继续发展的话，目前盛行的游戏“克隆”风就必须停止。尽管我们很赞成这一观点，但对于社交游戏这一说法是否会在3年内消失我们则持怀疑态度。毕竟，现在大部分的Facebook游戏还以Flash技术为基础，而传统游戏现都以3D开发技术为主。更妄论目前传统游戏漫步于各种平台，而FarmVille等社交游戏则还主要集中在电脑平台。

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之后，各位游戏开发公司的CEO们讨论了将传统游戏结合社交游戏（如FIFA Superstars和FIFA 11 demo link）的利弊问题。将两者相结合是否能缩小其间的差距呢？这是一中有趣的发展策略，但是如果合作不当的话，社交游戏可能沦落为单纯的“营销工具”。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

The Social Games Summit in London seems like the place to be for interesting discussion today as Playfish CEO Kristian Segerstrale claims that the phrase “social games” won’t even be used in the future. “I believe the word social games has a lifespan of only two or three years,” Segerstrale said to GamesIndustry.biz. “We’ll just call them games. They’ll be part of the very fabric of the games industry.”

Those are bold words for an industry that’s no more than a toddler in people years, but it’s not as if the guy doesn’t have a plan. According to him, innovation is key. “I believe we’re back at a time where innovation is important again,” Segerstrale said. “It’s not just about the platform, it’s also about consumers. I believe we have a blank canvas in front of us again.”

Segerstrale’s main point was to say the current trend in the social gaming industry of cloning has to stop if the genre is to go anywhere, GamesIndustry.biz reports. While we can’t help but agree, it’s doubtful that social games will no longer be called by that name in just three years. Most Facebook games are programmed using Flash software, which is miles behind traditional games that use far more advanced 3D creation tools. Not to mention they’re developed for machines that widely can handle much more than the average computer used to play games like FrontierVille.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, the CEO went on to tout the benefits of linking social games to traditional games like the recent FIFA Superstars and FIFA 11 demo link feature (pictured) as a way to shrink the gap between the two industries. It’s an interesting strategy, but focus on it too much and social games might fall into the trap of “marketing tool.” We hope Segerstrale is right, but the only way I see this happening anytime soon is from the other way around. The consoles do have Facebook integration, you know. （Source：Games.com）