56 million Americans play social games
Posted by Paul in Entertainment, business, social media on August 24, 2010
According to a report from NPD, which tracks the video game business, a stunning 56 million Americans are and have played playing web-based social games. That’s a huge number, especially considering that social games have only taken off during the last few years. Users bought $2.2 billion worth of online goods last year, and NPD expects that number to top $6 billion in 2013.
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During a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that their battle with Sony is over (saying that Nintendo has won), and now the main enemy and competitor is Apple and its mobiel devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod). Apple’s mobile devices offer games a lot more games than Nintendo does on the DS, at lower prices — typical DS games cost $30, while the average price for an iPhone game is less than $10.
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