5. Games are forgamers 5 everyone Playing games is a core human desire,like listening to music or reading stories But gamers represent only a small partof those who like playing games (=everyone)
9. Virtually all top Facebook games developers are social games specialists 9 Data: Aug 2010; Source: AppData.com
10. And the money…? 10 Freemium Virtual goods Ad funded Data: Aug 2010; Source: AppData.com
11. Social Gaming companies 11 THQ Stock value $241m Playfishpricetag $400m Ubisoft Stock value $639m Playdompricetag $763m EA Stock value $5,15b Zynga est. value $5,00b
13. wooga – world of gaming 13 Localization & Emotional Attachment
14. Brain Buddies 14 Releasedsummerof 2009 +10 million total uniqueplayers Monetization = t-shirtshop Most popular „braingame“ on Facebook
15. Bubble Island 15 ReleasedFebruary 2010 AwardedBest Social Game in August 2010 Monetization = extra boosters, „save points“ Emotional engagementkeytosuccess
16. 16 Released May 2010 +3 million MAU andgrowing Monetization = virtualgoodsandboosters
17. 17 Released May 2010 +3 million MAU andgrowing Monetization = virtualgoodsandboosters
20. 20 LocalizationChecklist [✔] Support different character sets ( accents, umlauts, etc ) [✔] Support different languages within the game ( XML-file ) [✔] Certain languages are wider( english +50% ) [✔] No text embedded in images [✔] Localize customer care [✔] Localize fan page posts [✔] Localize payment [✔] Localize virtual goods