Is it worth starting arcade portal today ?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by phact0r, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi all,

    I believe DP is the best place to get relevant answers for my question.
    We all know thousands of the arcade sites/gamescripts, all with similar look&feel,
    themes, gamepacks...
    I'm not sure if do they really profit or not, however I'm thinking about starting arcade site
    but I don't want to start something completely similar to all that 'gamescript' powered sites..

    I was thinking about starting arcade site, but with some better (in terms of quality) model of game distribution - to deliver something unique as opposite to all that existing arcade sites.

    My current ideas:
    - Starting with _very_ precise selection of free games available - the motto is
    'we don't offer thousands of games, we offer tens-to-hundreds that don't suck !'

    - Revenue sharing for Game developers so site can produce games that are nowhere else, with very interesting conditions for game developers (80/20 adsense revenue sharing on start, 90/10 for established developers)

    - Adobe AIR desktop application so users can view/play games directly from their desktop, receive notifications about new games very quickly. Desktop application will also display ads

    My current questions:
    1. do you think it's worth starting arcade site today ?
    2. do you think it's worth starting arcade site with ideas as I described ?
    3. do you think all that 'gamescript' sites can make a profit ?

    Replies from arcade sites owners are also welcome ;)

    Thanks
     
    phact0r, Jun 26, 2009 IP