Comments on: Checkmate—There’s Money In Online Games http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: cranial-bore http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/#comment-743801 cranial-bore Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:16:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2529#comment-743801 <blockquote>What does it have going for it that I couldn't build myself for $50k or $100k? Not much.</blockquote> Development cost is not equal to value. Facebook wouldn't cost $1bn+ to develop (whatever the market would consider it to be worth) and the only reason developers get paid is that they hopefully build something worth <em>more</em> than what it cost them to develop. What does it have going for it that I couldn’t build myself for $50k or $100k? Not much.

Development cost is not equal to value. Facebook wouldn’t cost $1bn+ to develop (whatever the market would consider it to be worth) and the only reason developers get paid is that they hopefully build something worth more than what it cost them to develop.

]]> By: BillyParadise http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/#comment-742259 BillyParadise Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:19:56 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2529#comment-742259 The valuation is "optimistic". What does it have going for it that I couldn't build myself for $50k or $100k? Not much. The valuation is “optimistic”. What does it have going for it that I couldn’t build myself for $50k or $100k? Not much.

]]> By: greg387 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/#comment-740127 greg387 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:16:25 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2529#comment-740127 Very cool! 50 000 isnt too bad either. Very cool! 50 000 isnt too bad either.

]]> By: cranial-bore http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/#comment-739008 cranial-bore Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:02:27 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2529#comment-739008 It's a nice gimmick, but I can't see a crowd making better decisions against a grand master than most people might come up with on their own. How would a crowd understand potential strategies being considered? It’s a nice gimmick, but I can’t see a crowd making better decisions against a grand master than most people might come up with on their own. How would a crowd understand potential strategies being considered?

]]> By: mkoenig http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/06/03/checkmate-theres-money-in-online-games/#comment-738669 mkoenig Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:10:18 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2529#comment-738669 While I've not had a site of this caliber of website I have ran a website with about 2K unique visitors a day, and have built 4 game sites in total. I keep getting smart priced by ad companies and get no income. I think the conversion rates from Game Sites are horrible. Maybe it has something to do with the demographics behind this web site genre. While I’ve not had a site of this caliber of website I have ran a website with about 2K unique visitors a day, and have built 4 game sites in total. I keep getting smart priced by ad companies and get no income. I think the conversion rates from Game Sites are horrible. Maybe it has something to do with the demographics behind this web site genre.

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