Facebook Stock Forecast: Why The Monetization of Instant Games Platform Is Important To Facebook
The article was written by Motek Moyen Research Seeking Alpha’s #1 Writer on Long Ideas and #2 in Technology – Senior Analyst at I Know First.
Facebook Stock Forecast
Summary:
- Facebook has enabled in-app purchases on its Instant Games platform. This includes mobile and web games published through Instant Games.
- Facebook will take 30% commission from in-app purchases processed through Instant Games. This should help Facebook diversify outside its extreme reliance on advertising revenue.
- On Android and iOS, Facebook will take its 30% cut on Instant Games after Google and Apple get their 30% commission.
- The long-term potential of Instant Games comes from its HTML5-based device-agnostic design. Instant Games is a brilliant implementation of the Progressive Web Apps ecosystem.
- Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp. It is only fair that WhatsApp users start accepting that nothing is free forever in this life.