1 Day, 2 More Big Launches. Sina Weibo Introduces Game Center & Virtual Currency
by Sunny Ye on 07/20/2011 · View Comments Comments Sina’s is releasing new products faster than Lady Gaga changes costumes. The contrast with Twitter’s conservative, minimalist approach is stunning . By contrast, Sina Weibo’s experimenting with a shifting multitude of products on top of Weibo.
Yesterday Sina Weibo launched the latest two:
game.weibo.com – The long awaited Sina Weibo Game Center is finally online, but sharing is only to your ‘friends’ as Weibo continues to push for shared social relations.
credits.weibo.com – Sina’s rumored virtual currency Weibi is now live. Virtual currency seeks virtual goods.
With launch of Game Center and Weibi, Sina Weibo is now testing 4 monetization models out of the 6 that Sina CEO Charles Chao announced earlier this year at the China International Mobile Conference. We’ve previously reported on e-commerce, data services, and virtual goods.
Source:Techrice