Social Gaming Economics

October 25 2011, 5:15pm

The folks at Mashable.com know how to put together a great infographic. Last week their Social Media Inforgraphic Series covered trends in social game creation. The overwhelming consensus is that social gaming is big business… huge actually. In fact, Mashable.com reports that, “one out of every five Americans over the age of six has played an online social game at least once- that’s 56 million people.” Some more amazing statistics include:

35% of social gamers have no previous gaming experience 70-80% of all mobile downloads are games The mobile gaming industry is predicted to reach $54 billion by 2015

As game developers, what do these statistics mean to you? How do you cater your game development to reach this particular audience? Leave your comments below. Source: Mashable.com