Electronic Arts’ (NASDAQ:EA) The Sims Social is now officially the second most popular game of 2011 on Facebook. In a list of Top Ten 2011 Games published by Facebook, The Sims Social has been ranked second behind Playdom’s Garden of Time and ahead of Zynga’s (NASDAQ:ZNGA) Cityville. In addition to The Sims Social, EA’s EA Sports: FIFA Superstars also stood third in Top Sport Games in 2011. We believe the latest rankings depict EA’s growing clout and the focus the company is giving to social gaming. Electronic Arts competes with other game developers like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) and casual gaming mainstays such as Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) etc.
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Rankings display EA’s growing foothold in social gaming
The latest ranking by Facebook confirms the growing clout of EA in social gaming. The Sims Social, launched in August 2011, has been a hugely popular game on Facebook and contributed heavily to EA’s Q2 Fiscal 2012 results. Additionally, FIFA Superstars has also received a good acceptance among the social gamers.
With Facebook emerging as a serious platform for gaming, EA has put social games very high on its strategy going forward. Additionally, the company has also done some smart acquisitions such as the acquisition of MMO developer KlickNation that along with adding to EA’s social revenues will also contribute in widening EA’s span of social games genre.
Trefis EA price estimate stands at $20.62, which is inline with its current market price.
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