Game Geek Speak

You can’t really swing a dead cat without hitting somebody’s virtual goods payment platform anymore. I mean, there’s fatfoogoo, Gambit, TwoFish, TrialPay, Mochi Coins, PayByCash, LiveGamer, UKash, Kongregate (in November) and on and on and on. I just scratched the surface there.

It’s really getting crowded! With my new game project in production, I’m starting to wonder which one I can trust to still be around in a couple of years. There are so many, I can’t see the market supporting them all.

Some of them are “big accounts only” type companies, where you can’t find pricing or really any information on their websites without calling them. And they expect you to be a million-dollar funded company. Those types will be servicing EA and UbiSoft and other large companies. Whether they are around or not doesn’t matter to me because I won’t be their client anyway.

The others are scrappy and service small companies. These are the guys I’m likely to do business with, but also the ones most likely to bite the dust when the shakedown happens. They just won’t all have the customer base to make it through a financial storm on top of vicious competition due to overcrowding.

Anyone have experience with these companies? Which ones do you like, and what services make them stand out? Some offer great looking metrics and other perks. I’m in the market and looking right now.

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