Raptr has more than a million users of its gamer social network, which has been in testing for more than two years. So now is as good a time as any to formally launch the company’s platform. Dennis Fong, chief executive of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company, said in an interview that the platform is stable enough and growing fast enough to declare version 1.0 ready.
But he still doesn’t have a business model. That can come later, after the company grows to something like 20 million users or so, Fong said. The company is still testing business ideas, such as getting referral fees when it signs up gamers for free-to-play online games. And there is advertising targeted at gamers as well. But for now, Fong is concentrated on getting more users. The company currently is adding users at a rate of 500,000 per month, or 15,000 to 20,000 per day — without advertising.
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July 20, 2010
I signed up with through Gamespot a few months back. I just liked the idea of it and then the layout. Their official site is cool too. They also have a feature some other sites have where you can keep track of games you own but they need more help with their game database and it's design.
July 21, 2010
I signed up with Raptr through Gamespot a few months back. I just liked the idea of it and then the layout. Their official site is cool too. They also have a feature (some other sites have) where you can keep track the games you own but they need more help with their game database and it's design.