Virtual Goods Summit -- EA Founder: A Facebook Game Company "Is Like A Shipyard"

Trip Hawkins, CEO of social/mobile game company Digital Chocolate and the founder of gaming behemoth Electronic Arts, kicked off the Virtual Goods Summit this morning by discussing fantasy leagues, Facebook game monetization and the world market for these goods.

Trip Hawkins, CEO of social/mobile game company Digital Chocolate and the founder of gaming behemoth Electronic Arts, kicked off the Virtual Goods Summit this morning by discussing fantasy leagues, Facebook game monetization and the world market for these goods.

Trip started by discussing how he wishes for the day when “Social games are completely interoperable across all devices and networks.” Trip believes that free games with virtual goods is the way of the future, and likened it to how movies used to be like packaged goods, because you’d buy a ticket and then go see the movie.

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