Bing Gordon, Zynga board member, said social gaming is 4 gaming disruptions rolled into one. 1. social 2. analytics driven 3. APIable web/app economy 4. alternative payments (virtual goods). Now wonder social gaming is exploding.
Here is an example of the growth. Virtual goods market is expected to grow by 40% by next year continuing its impressive growth over the last 3 years. This is how it looks:
