{"id":510,"date":"2009-11-01T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voncoelln.com\/eric\/?p=510"},"modified":"2009-12-09T23:40:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T01:40:47","slug":"revisiting-did-facebook-eat-the-casual-game-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.voncoelln.com\/eric\/2009\/11\/01\/revisiting-did-facebook-eat-the-casual-game-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting: Did Facebook Eat the Casual Game Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to the New York Chapter of the  International Game Developers Association (IGDA) last week, touching on a <a href=http:\/\/www.voncoelln.com\/eric\/2009\/09\/18\/facebook-ate-the-pc-download-game-model\/>previous blog post<\/a> but updated with more data showing how:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook is rapidly capturing the traditional casual game demographic that has been a mainstay of sites like Pogo.com (over 400% growth between February and September of this year)<\/li>\n<li>Big Fish Games is continuing to watch it\u2019s traffic decline<\/li>\n<li>declining traffic, over-saturation of product is exerting downward price pressure and less margin for developers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no question that working with Facebook has its own challenges and requires a different level of investment, but it\u2019s hard to ignore the macro trends when trying to figure out where to invest next.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px;text-align:left\" id=\"__ss_2391073\"><a style=\"font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/EVCinNYC\/did-facebook-eat-the-casual-game-market-share-2391073\" title=\"Did Facebook Eat The Casual Game Market?\">Did Facebook Eat The Casual Game Market?<\/a><object style=\"margin:0px\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=didfacebookeatthecasualgamemarketshare-091031115717-phpapp02&#038;stripped_title=did-facebook-eat-the-casual-game-market-share-2391073\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=didfacebookeatthecasualgamemarketshare-091031115717-phpapp02&#038;stripped_title=did-facebook-eat-the-casual-game-market-share-2391073\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">presentations<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/EVCinNYC\">EVCinNYC<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; 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