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Gamer social network Raptr reboots as a PC gaming communication platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Raptr is rebooting its business so that it can focus on being a communications platform for PC gamers.

In the past, the company focused on providing all sorts of data about gamers on mobile, online PC, and console platforms. But it is retreating from that and focusing on PC gaming instead. The reason is that a new PC-hardware service has been a hit with members and because PC gaming has grown to more than 900 million gamers worldwide, said Dennis Fong, the chief executive of Mountain View, Calif.-based Raptr.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.