Originally posted by Waffle Ryebread

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Honestly, I see the lack of games in Google+ as a very good thing.

(FARMVILLE )

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Google will a game network that ties into Google+ very soon, and it could have two huge advantages over Facebook: more money for developers and faster performance.

Sources tell Tricia Duryee at AllThingsD that the game network is launching soon, and Google will plan on taking less than 30% of the money for game downloads and in-game purchases. That would break the standard pricing that Apple and Facebook have set on downloadable apps.

A bigger cut for developers means they'll be more likely to port their games over to the new network.
Google just launched in-app payments a couple days ago which would give developers a way to make money from selling items in the games.

The game platform will also reportedly use Google's Native Client technology, which allows games to run directly within the Chrome browser (or Chrome OS) -- with no plug-in required. That should mean better performance than the Flash games that are common on Facebook.

Google showed off Native Client at the I/O developer conference earlier this year, and game development tool builder Unity posted a good explanation of why the platform is so powerful after the show ended.

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The Developer Sandbox also includes a station showing another Google technology which, experimentally for now, we’ve made Unity support. That technology is called Native Client and we think it’s a potential game changer for rich web applications and games in particular. In a nutshell, Native Client is a security sandbox currently in Chromium that allows the secure execution of native code. If you want to dig into the details (e.g. how can native code be guaranteed secure?!), I *highly* recommend you watch Henry Bridge’s explanation in this video.

If we really cut to the chase for why this matters for Unity, it’s because what we’re showing is Unity running in Chrome with no plugin at all. That’s right, there’s no Unity Web Player installed on the machines running Unity content in Chrome. Rather, with Google’s clever technology, we’re running Unity content in Chrome using just default access and no additional installation or user interaction. It’s kind of wild!

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Originally posted by Imajin

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Originally posted by Metal_Man88

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Intriguing. Google+ is definitely a gun aimed at Facebook. I have to wonder if Facebook will become the new Myspace, then. I mean, native code execution is pretty big. They could run full on desktop games through that interface.

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I don't know- is gaming really that major of a draw for Facebook?

I mean, a lot of people do use Facebook games, but that's not really the reason someone joins Facebook to do.

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We know that Google has a lot planned for Google+, adding brand pages and support for new features in the browser and via its mobile apps in the near future. There was talk of games coming to the platform but today the new feature has been confirmed via a Google+ help page.

Slashgear reports that in a section entitled “Content that appears in the stream”, Google explains the different ways that content can be displayed and accessed, making note to a previously unannounced “Games Stream” that will post updates from games connected to the service.

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