Social gaming is capturing the Video Gaming market nowadays, social games are the games that are played online on social networks as on Facebook, Myspace, Friendster etc. The game which has more than about 50 million users is Zynga developers game FARMVILLE. The survey found that 55% of social gamers are female and 45% are male. Females are more avid gamers, too; 38% of females said they play multiple times a day, but just 29% males said the same. Women are more likely to play with people they know (68% vs. 56% for males), and men are more likely to play with strangers (41% vs. 33%) than women are.
Facebook is the most popular destination for online games, with 83% of respondents saying they have played games there. Twenty-eight percent have purchased in-game currency with real-world money. The average gamer has played six social games, and more than 50% of gamers started playing a game because a friend recommended it or because they saw a friend playing it in a news feed or other social stream.
Zynga is grabbing the gaming world's market share nowadays by introducing newest social games as Cityville & Empire & Allies. Zynga has about a billion users on facebook who play Farmville, Mafia Wars, Cityville & it has 8 more games. The world leader in 3d graphics gaming Electronic Arts(EA) has been replaced by Zynga. I have a lot of friends who play Farmville & Mafia wars, but I only prefer Mafia Wars and I also spent real $5 money to purchase in game money. It has been over 18 months I am playing Mafia Wars and I spent 25 minutes a day on it.
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