GamesBeat Summit Next 2022: Zynga Co-Founder Mark Pincus Joins Speaker List
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We are delighted that our speakers for GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 include Mark Pincus, the co-founder and former CEO of Zynga (acquired by Take Two Interactive earlier this year for $12.7 billion), who pioneered social games and virtual goods to help make gaming a mass activity.
Waves of hype always roll over the gaming industry, but we never know if they'll get our feet wet or if they'll be tidal waves that change the entire industry. GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will examine the next big opportunities in a disciplined manner with industry thought leaders. You can use discount code Dean50 to get 50% off the ticket price for a limited time.
Our event will focus on the emerging parts of the game that could become the next big markets. Our main sub-themes will focus on key areas and their growth in the post-pandemic world. These subtopics include the metaverse, user-generated content and creator economy, influencers and marketing disruption, non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency, emerging markets, subscriptions and cloud gaming. and the evolution of gaming infrastructure. And as always, we'll be looking at transactions and financial trends in games.
Marc Pincus
Mark Pincus is the co-founder and former CEO of Zynga.Pincus founded Zynga in April 2007, along with Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Michael Luxton, Steve Schoettler and And rew Trader (operating as Presidio Media).
EventNext GamesBeat Summit 2022
Join gaming leaders live October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry.
register hereHe changed his name to Zynga, named after Pincus' bulldog, and enjoyed great success with a social poker game, Texas Hold'Em Poker, now known as Zynga Poker.
During Pincus' tenure as CEO of Zynga, the company rode the wave of social gaming on Facebook and then made a somewhat rocky transition to mobile. Under his tenure, the San Francisco company delivered big hits like FarmVille, CityVille and FrontierVille. It netted it over a billion gamers, and it showed that a company could reach far more people than the hardcore video game companies of the time.
Pincus pioneered the free-to-play business model in social gaming, where players paid real money to purchase virtual items such as poker chips that they could not withdraw. Building on this success and the games-as-a-service model, Zynga went public in 2011. With thousands of employees, Zynga purchased the former Sega digs in San Francisco.
In 2013, Pincus handed over the CEO position to X...
Want to learn more about the future of the video game industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry in October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Sign up today.
We are delighted that our speakers for GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 include Mark Pincus, the co-founder and former CEO of Zynga (acquired by Take Two Interactive earlier this year for $12.7 billion), who pioneered social games and virtual goods to help make gaming a mass activity.
Waves of hype always roll over the gaming industry, but we never know if they'll get our feet wet or if they'll be tidal waves that change the entire industry. GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will examine the next big opportunities in a disciplined manner with industry thought leaders. You can use discount code Dean50 to get 50% off the ticket price for a limited time.
Our event will focus on the emerging parts of the game that could become the next big markets. Our main sub-themes will focus on key areas and their growth in the post-pandemic world. These subtopics include the metaverse, user-generated content and creator economy, influencers and marketing disruption, non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency, emerging markets, subscriptions and cloud gaming. and the evolution of gaming infrastructure. And as always, we'll be looking at transactions and financial trends in games.
Marc PincusMark Pincus is the co-founder and former CEO of Zynga.Pincus founded Zynga in April 2007, along with Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Michael Luxton, Steve Schoettler and And rew Trader (operating as Presidio Media).
EventNext GamesBeat Summit 2022
Join gaming leaders live October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry.
register hereHe changed his name to Zynga, named after Pincus' bulldog, and enjoyed great success with a social poker game, Texas Hold'Em Poker, now known as Zynga Poker.
During Pincus' tenure as CEO of Zynga, the company rode the wave of social gaming on Facebook and then made a somewhat rocky transition to mobile. Under his tenure, the San Francisco company delivered big hits like FarmVille, CityVille and FrontierVille. It netted it over a billion gamers, and it showed that a company could reach far more people than the hardcore video game companies of the time.
Pincus pioneered the free-to-play business model in social gaming, where players paid real money to purchase virtual items such as poker chips that they could not withdraw. Building on this success and the games-as-a-service model, Zynga went public in 2011. With thousands of employees, Zynga purchased the former Sega digs in San Francisco.
In 2013, Pincus handed over the CEO position to X...
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