Differences between Facebook SDK and Google Play Game Services

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I would like some indication, comment, about both tools for creating games Android that seek to connect to social networks. The main one I already know, one connects to Facebook, the other to the user Google play and G+.

But I wanted more information to choose one of the tools or even use both.

The game consists of a quiz, where there must be a ranking, platforms must offer service to save the last state of the game (stage) and total colors and the player can publish some information on their social network. These are the main requirements.

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    Welcome. Could you elaborate a little more on your doubts? We need questions that offer objective or well-founded subjective answers: http://meta.pt.stackoverflow.com/questions/486/good-subjective-bad-subjective

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    Hello. I saw that you have already accepted the answer that was given, but just to try to collaborate I would like to suggest that you edit your question to put more details (maybe about the game or about the motivations that you believe exist to be necessary a social connection, etc). Without more details, it gets really hard to help more. :)

  • Although I considered it subjective (I didn’t know the rules), I tried to explain my doubt better. I did not find any information of this comparison in other forums.

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I believe that the biggest difference between one and the other is the type of user you want to reach, and this varies greatly with the type of game you intend to develop. Google Play Games does not have all the reach that facebook has today, however if the game will run on a device with Android operating system, it is certainly a good choice to have an integration with Google Games and G+, as this also generates ranking in the google play store. But where does facebook come in? Share the score or the Badges on the user’s Timeline? I think the question still needs to be more specific.

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I believe that, as it will be developed for Android, both can be used.

But, we need to understand that facebook is only a social network, and not a library for games. Therefore, it is not an object directly comparable to Google libraries, since the latter provides exclusive calls for ranking, scoring, etc.

As you intend to use the game tools, G+ is essential. But, this does not prevent the results and progress can not be disclosed on Facebook.

If you have to choose between them. Go to Google! You can be sure that the Android user has a registered G+ account on device, which will help retain users.

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