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FarmVille, Angry Birds Set New Course for Games

June 07, 2011

Social and mobile games probably aren't drawing sales away from the console games business, but are "expanding the pie," said Pietro Macchiarella, an analyst with Parks Associates. "They attract people who didn't play games before."

But mobile games on iPad, iPhone and other tablets and smartphones could be eating into sales of mobile games for devices like Nintendo's (NTDOY) DS and Sony's (SNE) PlayStation Portable, he says.

From the article, "Farmville, Angry Birds Set New Course for Games" by Patrick Seitz

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