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61m now apparently playing Zynga’s Farmville alone on Facebook and Mafia wars hot in pursuit with 25m, social gaming re-emerges on social media networks as the graphical crosswords for the 21C. In the wake of disappointment with “complex” virtual worlds like Second Life which require a high level of user skills to enter and prosper these games are simple and addictive and deeply integrated with the leading social media networks.
The sector has emerged quickly on the back of the rise of Facebook in particular and the leading players in the market already report significant revenues in the order of high tens to hundreds of millions after only 2-3 years growth.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/03/gdc-social-ga-1.html
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