Social gaming will reach around 5.5 billion in 2015

The US social gaming market will blow past $5.5 billion in 2015, according to a new report by BI Intelligence. The social games market, including smartphones, will more than double from last year, where BI estimate it was $2 billion.

-Social games will disrupt the traditional gaming industry, by turning gaming into a service and making it free-to-play.

-Social games will break into the mainstream, as new kinds of games appeal to new audiences beyond today's, including hardcore gamers.

-Monetization will improve as more people pay and as social games advertising becomes valuable.

Zynga is well positioned to benefit from this growth, but it will face better competition.

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Louis Rhéaume
Infocom Intelligence
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Twitter: @InfocomAnalysis