I find it interesting that the two largest social game companies, GREE and DeNA, generate virtually no press, while you can’t avoid articles about the third largest social game company, Zynga. I believe that because they are Japanese and not US companies they do not generate the same level of attention, but that is unfortunate. People do not draw conclusions about the viability of the airline industry by looking at Spirit’s performance or determine whether the auto industry is rebounding by analyzing Audi, so why look at the third largest game company when assessing the social game industry? If you are an investor, entrepreneur, engineer, etc., and trying to judge the opportunities in social gaming, it makes sense to benchmark against the biggest and best, and that is DeNA and GREE.
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