Free Games + Internet = Profit?
Note: This blog entry is sponsored by LoudLaunch.
Making money on the Internet is not always an easy prospect. The Internet, in many cases, has become a one way medium where people take from websites and then leave without returning any benefit to the website owner.
This is why I am skeptical about how successful Cafe.com is going to be.
From the Cafe.com website:
At Cafe.com, our mission is to provide the best gameplay and social experience available on the web. So we figured, why not give it away for free? Everyone likes free stuff right? All kidding aside, Cafe.com welcomes all players to enjoy our games without tricks or gimmicks. Simply stated, our profits come by providing an improved gameplay experience through the sale of additional items, power-ups, or other game enhancing objects. That means no spyware, no adware, no spam, none of that junk!
I think the other thing that is going to put people off from Cafe.com is the fact that you need to download a 12MB client file to play games online. There are a lot of other websites out there that require nothing more than Flash or Macromedia to play which will let you play all kinds of games.
Now, on a more positive note. The avatars do look very cool and if they get some really addictive games going, they could do quite well.
One Response to “Free Games + Internet = Profit?”
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louis Says:
February 10th, 2007 at 5:36 pmOnline based games are definitely profiting from surfers. There is alot of advertising potential too as players spend a lot of time there.
