Gareth Davis, Facebook's head of games, said recently that casual video games had entered the "Renaissance" period, with more people moving from isolated individual games to Gareth Social games.
According to foreign media reports, Davis at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (Game Developers Conference) said: "The game is essentially human social activities." ”
Facebook, which opened its application platform to third-party developers two years ago, has grown at a rapid pace, with nearly 175 million active users each month.
Facebook currently has about 50,000 apps, with more than 5,000 games in it, Davis revealed that 3 of the most popular 10 apps are games. These games are: Texas holdem Poker, Pet powering and Mafia Wars. Among them, each month plays Texas Holdem poker The number of users more than 11 million people, its scale can compare with the famous net game "World of Warcraft" the number of players.
On Facebook, people choose to play games as a way of communication, and social-networking games are becoming more popular and prosperous. Therefore, social games in a sense can more reflect the original intention of the game.
Facebook developers have gained more than 75 million of dollars in venture capital over the past year.
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