The 13 Sectors

For this task we had to pick 2 professional websites from a list of the top companys in the UK and then 1 independently found website.

http://www.playfish.com/

I chose playfish as It was about the only name on the list I was familiar with, and having viewing the website I was really impressed. They advertise themself as a social gaming indusry and target social networks such as Facebook,Myspace Bebo and so on which is a very wide market, hence the amout of people using these social sites. And have now ventured onto software such as the ITouch, They say they installed over 150 million games which is been played by millions, and have development studios in London, San Francisco, Beijing and Tromso, Norway which is deeply impressing as they are marketing themselves both in Europe and The World.

http://mindcandy.com/

I chose the second site more out of complete randomness as like I said i was not familiar with many of the companies listed, but after checking the site out, I thought it would be interesting to check out a similar company and see the similarities and differences between the 2,both sites claim to be the leaders in social games, however Mindcandy specialises there target market to a more younger market, wheras Playfish have developed a huge variety of games, Mind Candy have just stuck to 1 more developed and bigger game called Moshi Monsters where u can adopt a virtual monster and look after him, Both companys tend to focus on the social gaming aspect which is becoming more popular recently, however I believe Moshi Monster is only playable through the PC, however is available globally.

http://www.indiegames.com/

This is the Independantly found website I chose, I wanted to keep on a game theme so choose this website, it is a guide to the very best Indie games around globally, where independant games companies upload there work to be reviewed and preveiwed and this website offers downloads, info and so on