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E3: Raptr has evolved from stats tracker to social news photo

To a games marketer, Raptr is priceless.  Through their stats-tracking app they know what nearly 9 million gamers are playing and the kind of stuff they're doing in their games.  Thus, they and have a pretty good idea which group of people are most likely buy that brand new super-derivative game your company's been working on.  

After years of perfecting their data they've not released something pretty unexpected: they've turned their web site into a consumer news portal that's personalized to the player's tastes.  You an also submit your favorite stories (from Destructoid!) and vote them up and down. Yes, it's basically Reddit Gaming with personzalization. But there's so much more to it -- the profile pages are actually pretty deep.  The site is still in beta and they're hungry for feedback.  What do you want from your social gaming site?  








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SmileyBarry's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2011 21:02
SmileyBarry
Actually, I really don't like the change. Raptr still doesn't support the PS3 in their live "Now playing" feature and now they've removed the option to set it manually. Plus, I really only use Raptr to track my games and achievements. I don't ever go on the website and use just the client.
rathowreck's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2011 21:18
rathowreck
Glad this was covered amongst the rabble of e3. the raptr change was a mistake, in my opinion. the stat tracking is so unique and useful that it's strange to me that they'd take the focus away from that and put it instead on content I can find on a million other gaming sites.
Confederacy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2011 21:28
Confederacy
@SmileyBarry: They still do allow you track it manually, it's to the left hand side under Invite a Friend. I'm hoping they will eventually support PS3 in their "Now playing" as it'd be much less of hassle of me manually tracking how long I've played BC2. Or at least they should add the now playing over to the new dashboard.
Trajan330's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2011 21:50
Trajan330
Sony is the reason that there is no PS3 play time tracking. Raptr was not granted the same access to the PSN as Live and Steam have allowed. Isn't that ironic considering Sony's recent hacks?
SmileyBarry's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2011 10:20
SmileyBarry
@Confederacy: Really? Last time I went to raptr.com and even old.raptr.com I couldn't find it. Maybe other people complained and they brought it back.
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