Games Market Monitor: Acquisitions and Funding in 2009

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In this Industry Report

Highlights:

Zynga, Playdom and RockYou receive sizeable funding, while Playfish is purchased by major traditional publisher Electronic Arts.
An overview of the acquisition potential of long-standing global game publishers, alongside online-focussed companies in Asia.
Payment service providers continue to receive attention, spurred by penetration within social gaming, but will be vulnerable to changes commanded by the social networks themselves.

In this report:

Round-ups of activity within:

Social gaming
Core gaming
Casual gaming
MMOGs and virtual worlds
Social technology

List of tables and charts:

2009 overview: Funding totals, 2008 and 2009
Social gaming: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
MMOGs and virtual worlds: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
Casual gaming: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
Core gaming: Company closures and acquisitions, 2009
Payment solutions: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
Social technology: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
Edutainment, lifestyle management and gaming networks: Transaction volumes and value, 2008 and 2009
Prospective acquisition activity: Traditional companies & Online-focussed companies

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Games Intelligence

format: PDF

published: 02-Feb-10

pages: 11 - tables & charts: 17

Author/s

Steve Bailey

Companies mentioned

Electronic Arts
Disney
Square Enix
Zynga