Monday 5 October 2009

Create your own gaming site


I came across Nonoba Gamerise this afternoon on Techcrunch. This is a great concept. The platform allows you to create your own customized game website. You choose your content from a wide range of flash games which are uploaded by a raft of developers.

The platform is a bit clunky. Whilst there is a wide range of games it isn't wide enough and there is a lack of quality. However, I completely see where they are heading. This my game site that I created in about 10 minutes (you can tell) http://playzerv.joyem.com/.

How long will it be until somebody creates the gambling version of this platform? The closest I can think of is the Orbis OpenBet platform. However, this is not open in the true sense of the word. Yes, it allows 3rd parties to create games for the platform. However, Orbis retain a lot of control over the games that leverage their platform.

The main issues I can think of are around the licensing aspects. Regulators like to know exactly what is going to appear on a gambling site. A truly open platform is in conflict to this need for control. Not an insurmountable issue, just more complicated.

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