Facebook games. Google Image Result for. The Future of Social Games: How Facebook is Connecting Players, Developers, & Dollars. Social games have grown so quickly over the past two years, even Facebook is surprised. Although many of the most widely adopted early apps on the Facebook Platform were games, few could have expected the industry to be where it is today.
Thousands of games have been built. Hundreds of millions of dollars will flow to Facebook and MySpace game developers this year. The biggest social game developer, Zynga, now has nearly half as many staff as Facebook itself. As online, mobile, and console games rediscover their social roots, Facebook is in the middle of it all. Justin Smith: When I talked to Mark Zuckerberg earlier this summer, he said that Facebook never really thought about games before launching the platform. Gareth Davis: When the platform was created, I think there were a couple motivations. Now, we’re trying to figure out how to make the platform most suitable for developers. What’s surprising to you right now about the way people are playing games on Facebook? Very little. Both. Facebook-games-500x281. Facebook. Web Games. Café World. Chocolatier: Sweet Society on Facebook. Restaurant City on Facebook.
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