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FunOrb talks Wii as competition
FunOrb is a website that features Java-based casual games. According to head developer Mark Faulkner, the service has ‘games for everyone’. Mr. Faulkner talked a little bit about the Wii as competition in a Eurogamer interview…
E: Do you see Nintendo and its “expanding the market” goal as competition?
Mark Faulkner: To a degree. But not really; not a strong competitor. We’re not really aiming at the console gaming market. Anybody that can gain access to a PC - be they at school, in a library, in an Internet cafe or at home - will be able to log-in as a FunOrb customer and basically pick up where they left off in whatever game they were playing. It will remember exactly where they got to and they will be able to carry on as if they had never left.
It’s a different kind of gaming experience than you would get on a console. The Wii is a social experience with you and your friends in your front room. In FunOrb it’s a social experience with you and your friends no matter where they are.