John Young, the VP of Gala-Net, spoke to us about their recent deal with PlaySpan. PlaySpan is a third party company that integrates player trading markets that can include cash for item transfers. Young tell us why they're going this route for some of their games.
PlaySpan describes themselves as the "game industry's first publisher-sponsored in-game commerce network," which is to say, they work directly with MMOG publishers to create marketplaces similar to SOE's Sony Exchange for their games.
Their solution allows companies to have full control over what their game allows. For example, with this deal, one Gala-Net game could simply use PlaySpan to facilitate item for item trades, while another one could allow full item for cash transfer.
Interview: Gala-Net's John Young On The PlaySpan Deal
John Young, the VP of Gala-Net, spoke to us about their recent deal with PlaySpan. PlaySpan is a third party company that integrates player trading markets that can include cash for item transfers. Young tell us why they're going this route for some of their games.
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