Google+ games to launch soon?

Google+ will take a much lower cut of the profits from game developers than Facebook or Apple in its soon-to-launch gaming platform, according to a number of rumours amongst industry experts.

The search giant is rumoured to be asking for a mere 5% slice of the pie, as opposed to the 30% margin taken by its main competitors.

The news comes after it was revealed earlier this week that Facebook enjoys a ‘tense’ relationship with Zynga, the industry leader for social gaming.

Google invested more than $100 million in Zynga last year as part of a “larger partnership” intended for the future.

However, in a 600 page IPO document, Zynga has apparently promised exclusivity rights to Facebook, so perhaps Google+ may lose out on offering its customers the most popular titles.

Zynga agreed with Facebook that the 30% share, thought to be the industry standard for the last few years, would come from the sale of Facebook credits which users can purchase for use with games such as Farmville.

The document also states that should Zynga acquire a certain amount of growth in one period, then it would give further exclusivity to Facebook, if the social network had aided this growth.

However, details are sketchy due to parts of the document being blacked out to retain confidentiality.

In-app payments were made available to developers this week by Google and many feel that this signals their intentions for entering the gaming market, as the same technology is required for monetizing game apps.

Google also has the resources to host games on their own servers, meaning less glitching and faster play.