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Social games are on the path to becoming the “next big thing” on the Internet as traditional gaming Web sites and platform users appear to be drifting away. This new trend is being boosted by the emergence of social-networking sites such as Facebook, which incorporates computer games with their Web site and allow users to play free games online, with friends.
With several hundred million registered users on social-networking sites, it is perhaps no surprise that traditional game users are being lured away from console games to play with acquaintances on these sites. Game titles such as Farmville, Mafia War and Cafe World, on Facebook, now boast of several million players everyday. This trend points to the emergence of social and online gaming as an area that can be further developed by experts in the games and entertainment industry.
Game sites such as Mytopia Online and Playfish are already taking advantage of the development by combining the idea of gaming and social networks. Gamers on this sites can now play games such as puzzle, board, card and casino games with friends from social-networks such as Facebook and MySpace.
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As gamers move from fee-paying game sites to free-to-play social-game sites, do you see the gradual and eventual annihilation of traditional game sites like Yahoo Games, Pogo and AOL Games?
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From what I see, it’s a real possibility. giving the ability to make humans interact with each other is the factor why it gained so much popularity. You’re competing against people all over the world.
i do not think social games will ever beat consoles, now each console has its own network an a huge list of online games available, online gaming is taking over.
The transitional will take time as consumers again adjust to the new technology and or user platform. Face book and other social network sites need to consider the presentation and organizational aspects of consumers pages as part of the change management.
As with everything it will hit the road running, then taper off to allow developers time to adjust and make some improvements. Consumers and gamers will then manage between the old the new and the newer. To provide some indication of the success of social networking, and this is similar, believe it or not online bingo continue to grow.
In my opinion social games are not a treat to traditional games but are an evolution. Not many people wanted to pay for games. I think that people will want to stay play games, but with the internet preferably for free on social networks like facebook. The second positive thing of social games are the community. You play not alone, but against or with your friends.
Nothing will ever kill the console gaming. Facebook games might be free…but they get boring pretty quick.
I agree with you. There’s a lot of facebook users in the world. and if they have nothing to do on their facebbok, they just play games.
Social gaming and tradition gaming, in my opinion, go hand in hand. Families that are keen to embrace a balanced approach to lifestyle will ensure that their children are exposed to all types of opportunities and experiences. The risk at the moment is that children are only exposed to the current trend, whereas traditional gaming and activities are very important as touch, smell, and emotions are experienced and cannot be avoided as with the online gaming.
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The social games are on the increase side, with lots of online games and website coming up now.
I never found myself playing yahoo games or any of the others mentioned – I just never saw the appeal… but I think games of all sort will always have their place, it’s just going to be a matter of whether developers produce games for the niche… if so, they will have their loyal followers… if not, that type of gaming will continue to decrease in it’s market share.
Thanks for the thought provoking article though!
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