Comments on: 10 Most Popular Games on Facebook – A Closer Look

By: dubi

dubi — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:05:24 +0000

Thanks.

That may very well be, but you wrote in the language of “sufficient” (“Just form a cute game with cute graphics and cute sounds, and the players will flock over”), when at most you can claim necessity (which is doubtful, given MafiaWars).

By: Shark Lady Games

Shark Lady Games — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:11:46 +0000

@dubi – Welcome to the games site
Anyway, these aren’t the only factors, but it seems like these are the common themes among popular games on Facebook. There’s also marketing, internet buzz and other factors, but if you dig even deeper into the top games in Facebook, you will find these characteristics.

By: dubi

dubi — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:38:47 +0000

A good example of the dangers of selecting on the dependent variable.

Or, in other words: how many cute, animal-themed, unoriginal casual games tried their luck on Facebook and never got anywhere? We don’t know. You don’t tell us. Without looking at the failures, you can’t possibly try to tell which aspects are those that actually work and which will leave you hanging. You most certainly can’t say “make it (cute) and they will come” only by looking at the successes.

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