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I'm not saying Zynga is the same as EA, though the impending implosion of mobile/Facebook-based social games seems to match the possible implosion of the console game market as well [1]. It's a separate phenomenon, but they seem to be coincidentally happening at the same time.

[1] http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/7/2/3125866/the-state-of...



MMOs don't seem immune from this either: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/08/03/activision-blizzard-t...

http://www.examiner.com/article/star-wars-the-old-republic-s...

Seems like the gaming industry is all over the place right now.




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