In addition to the promise of a broad, loyal consumer base, social games offer the appeal of interaction with one's friends and family in the real world.
Lesotho's Olympic team were the latest to announce they will base their pre-games training camp in Wrexham.
Longoria has reached base in 34 straight games dating to last season.
The Spanish, Italian, French, Czech and Slovakian canoe slalom teams have trained at the site and the GB slalom team will use it as a training base ahead of the Games.
He said they have also been fortunate to have an involved and vocal fan base for their strategy games, which helps them fine tune their creations to meet the demands of their fans.
Longoria has reached base safely in 33 straight games dating back to last season.
The Rays' Even Longoria has reached base safely in 33 straight games dating back to last season.
Last season, he committed only six errors in 131 games at second base, while also making 38 appearances in the outfield.
Longoria finished 0 for 4, which stopped his streak of reaching base safely in 34 straight games dating back to last season.
Zynga has a much larger player base, with a wider selection of games that target a younger audience.
The Metropolitan Police wants to use Wanstead Flats, east London, as a base for thousands of officers while the Games are held in nearby Stratford.
It has seen a significant decrease in active user base from 2009, primarily because its new games have failed to attract gamers and competition has intensified for existing players.
FORBES: Perfect World Stock Worth $21 Even In Imperfect Chinese Economy
Liverpool Aquatics Centre in Wavertree will be the main base used by sportsmen and women ahead of the London Games.
The ex-Bridgend club, who had planned a Newport base in 2010, will play their other two home games in south Wales.
Hogan thinks social games can both help THQ expand its consumer base as well as potentially provide new sources of revenue, through in-game sales of virtual goods, for instance.
FORBES: THQ Partners With Cloud-Computing Provider Joyent, Upping Investment In Social Games
With their own player base, they are hearing that they want to play the games on mobile.
The biggest question in my mind is how these games (and others) can build a sustainable viewer base over the long term.
The shrinking user base is in part attributable to the rising popularity of casual social games, which are luring gamers away from traditional MMORPGs.
FORBES: Perfect World's Earnings Should Help Calm Fears On Chinese ADRs
Nokia must subsidise game development for a year or two, as games are not profitable until there is a large installed base of users.
Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion.
WSJ: MLB: Melky Cabrera Disqualified From National League Batting Title
The new pricing strategy helped expand the fan base as more parents could now afford to bring their kids to the games.
As shown by a slow start for Nintendo's Wii U, gamers base a lot of their decisions about which console to buy on the games that are available for it.
Youkilis got off to a solid start, also filling in at first base, but was injured April 20 at Toronto and missed six straight games with back stiffness before going 0 for 3 with a walk Saturday.
But recent base closures have reduced some of the military's medical capacity, and war games have shown that it would be overwhelmed during a large pandemic, the official added.
"With the installed base of Android and Tegra already at critical mass, developers looking to have their games stand out have the promise of financial reward to invest in high-end content, not to mention the hardware processing that can power next-generation games, " Iida said.
Their field games throwing chair for the discus, shotput, and javelin has a better base and stability for these activities.
FORBES: Veterans Research Lab Focuses on Creating Special Devices for Disabled Veterans
Microsoft can keep expanding their user base this way, and as for casual users, they can always play the newest games, but for the hardcore gamers they get to upgrade whenever they want for the best experience.
FORBES: Microsoft's Next Xbox Is For Your Living Room, But Isn't For Gamers
应用推荐