The dating app has cold feet after experiencing a dismal second financial quarter.
and elsewhere report, the dating app’s parent company, Match Group, recently announced a dramatic reversal from its previously announced plans for an expanded “Tinderverse.” The digital space would have purportedly included virtual reality meetups, video chats, and an AR experience dubbed “Single Town.”
The news follows an abysmal second financial quarter report, part of which is already being blamed on last year’s acquisition of the metaverse tech company, Hyperconnect.with the South Korean startup in June 2021, but has had little to show for it in the ensuing months. “Given uncertainty about the ultimate contours of the metaverse and what will or won’t work, as well as the more challenging operating environment, I’ve instructed the Hyperconnect team to iterate but not invest heavily in metaverse at this time,” Match Group CEO Bernard Kim wrote in the company’s
, adding, “We’ll continue to evaluate this space carefully, and we will consider moving forward at the appropriate time when we have more clarity on the overall opportunity and feel we have a service that is well-positioned to succeed.”It’s not surprising to see Tinder giving a cold shoulder to the metaverse right now. A $10 million quarterly loss is bad enough, but it’s even worse when compared to the $210 million in pre-tax earnings that the company saw this time last year.
Much like the hype surrounding cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or NFT blockchain commodities, a lot of talk into the nebulous world that is “the metaverse” over the past year. Very little has come of those promises so far.
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