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What Makes Facebook Social Games So Popular?

WHAT MAKES facebook SOCIAL GAMES SO POPULAR? The Top 10 based on Facebook user satisfaction scores GARDENS OF TEMES Developer: Playdom SIMS Monthly Active Users: 7,400,000 Objective: Find Hidden Objects Developer: EA Social Monthly Active Users: 24,300,000 Objective: Create characters to play out their lives Developer: Zynga Monthly Active Users: 49,300,000 Objective: Build Cities & Interact with Users CASINO Developer: DoubleDown Interactive Monthly Active Users: 4,700,000 Objective: Play Casino Games Developer: Zynga Monthly Active Users: 9,200,000 Objective: Complete Adventure Quests with WORDSTriends Developer: Zynga Monthly Active Users: 16,600,000 BINGO 7blutz Developer: Buffalo Studios Objective: Play crossword games againstyour friends Monthly Active Users: 2,800,000 Objective: Play Bingo Games mpires& ALIES Developer: Zynga Slotomania Monthly Active Users: Objective: Rally up against powerful forces Developer: Playtika Monthly Active Users: 5,400,000 Objective: Play Slot Machine Games DIAMOND Developer. Wooga DASH 10 Monthly Active Users: 12,500,000 Objective: Unleash magic diamonds to complete levels HOWEVER BEJEWELED BLITZ FARMVILLE Mafia Wars Still are the top 3 most popular social games in the US and UK WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE THESE GAMES SO MUCH? GENERAL OPINION IN THE U.S. mental 57% stress relief stimulation competitive spirit TOP REASONS social interaction 43% relaxation fun & excitement BUT WHERE DO PEOPLE PLAY? Got a tablet? Got a smartphone? where 66% US 53% 38% 10% Internet Users tablet owners play daily play smartphone owners play daily and over 100 million play games on social networks Facebook Google+ MySpace Bebo 61% 17% 15% 39 54% years old is the average age of a social gamer 46% and 14% of social gamers play at work for at least 1 hour a day WHICH SOCIAL GAME GENRES PEOPLE PLAY&RECOMMEND HIDDEN OBJECTS CASINO RELATED GAMES ROLE-PLAYING GAMES 13.24 million Monthly Active Users 10 million 2.5 million Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users GARDENS #1 OF Slotomania ZOMBIE LANE TIME 8.3 million 5.5 million 1.9 million Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users #2 Mystery Manor ఉ ు CASINO 42 Vampure #2 Diares 300,000 Monthly Active Users 1.7 million 4.5 million Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE'S AT 2 of the Internet population - 510 million people worldwide - play social games. This number has increased in 71% since 2010 AND ONCE YOU POP YOU CAN'T STOP 81 million people play social games at least once a day January 49 million people play multiple times a day Alec Baldwin was kicked out of a plane for not wanting to turn off his iPad while playing Words with Friends. As a result of the publicity brought by the incident, Words With Friends gained 10ok players the next day on Facebook These people spend an average of 9.5 hours/wk on social games The number social game players who play at least 6 hours/wk has more than doubled. alone. THEY'RE ALSO FINANCIALLY FUN FOR BRANDS via)) SoaAL CANES social gamers prefer to receive new product information AD SPENDING ON SOCIAL GAMING INCREASED 60% SINCE 2009 AA. Expedia Centu1 VOLVO MCDonald's have all experimented either through their own social games or through branded virtual goods AND DEVELOPERS ARE HAVING FUN TOO! $42.70 $6 $600 billion billion million Is the average that gamers spend on virtual currency or items which they buy at Social gamers will buy this amount in virtual goods by Is what U.S. gamers alone bought, worth of virtual items with social gaming least once a week. 2013 revenue THIS BENEFIT THE TOP SOCIAL GAME DEVELOPERS Azynga EA W wooga world of gaming 63 45 Apps Apps Apps 223,372,601 51,453,030 35,040,000 Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users Monthly Active Users SMALLER DEVELOPERS HAVE ALSO HIT THE JACKPOT P Playdom for $763.2 bought million EA » playfish for $400 bought million Googe slide $182 bought for million BUT... SOMEONE HAS TO HATE THEM, RIGHT? THE GOOD OLD CONSOLE VIDEO GAME MARKET 33% of players said their gameplay on regular platforms has declined since they began playing games on social networking sites. As a result, by 2014, the console video game market is largely expected to lose ground in the global gaming scene. mobile game market console game market $18.5 $114 VS million billion SOURCES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo http://www.navigateboomermedia.com/blog/navboom/2011/12/online-female-gamers-are-over-35-have-more-sex-than -non-gamer-women.html http://www.corporate-eye.com/blog/2011/07/social-games-put-brands-in-front-of-consumers-who-welcome-them/ http://nextberlin.eu/topic/competing-for-the-digital-consumer/ http://www.infosolutionsgroup.com/pdfs/2011_PopCap_Social_Gaming_Research_Results.pdf http://www.scribbal.com/2011/06/infographic-1-in-5-facebook-users-play-farmville-social-gamers-are-55-female/ http://blog.games.com/2011/12/08/alec-baldwin-words-with-friends-zynga-response/ http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2011/12/29/2011%E2%80%995-most-popular-facebook-games-by-genre-arcade- casino-and-hidden-object-games-dominate-strategy-shows-strong/ http://www.seekomega.com/2011/01/the-top-25-hottest-mobile-game-developers-infographic/ http://socialtimes.com/ http://mashable http://www.appdata.com http://therealtimereport.com/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/google-buys-slide-for-182-million-getting-more-serious-about-social-games/ http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/410/ http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-platform/top-games-on-facebook-in-2011/10150475844632302 prism TICASINO

What Makes Facebook Social Games So Popular?

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Check out some very insightful stats from great authorities on social media and online games in a brand new infographic we present to you today titled: What Makes Social Games on Facebook and Google+ ...

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