Social Games and Gamers

With the Hugh popularity of social games namely " Farmville" and "MafiaWars" created by Zyanga and used by players for free on Facebook. It is being reported that if the company were to go public it would be valued at $1 Billion. Considering it's huge popularity on Facebook and it's never ending addition of new users. It has has now created the cyber-farmer. Who sometime simply cannot get enough of his farm. The way revenue is made is by displaying third party ads, also be offering cyber currency which users can purchase by paying with real currency.

Third party ads that advertise services make up for only 10% of their revenue says the company. It has been reported that some of these third-party companies have also been displaying shady ads that mislead users. This is being cleared says the company.


None of this has stopped it's growth or it's popularity. Analysts of social gaming say this might just be a soon to pass fad. That user's interest's keep changing. Maybe or maybe not, for now social gaming is here to say and adds a massive number of new users every day.

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