Chapter 1: Market Overview: iOS, Facebook, and the Web

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Chapter 1

Market Overview: iOS, Facebook, and the Web

In This Chapter

Understanding why to target these platforms
Surveying the iOS game market
Surveying the Facebook game market
Surveying the web game market

This chapter gives you an overview of the three game platforms featured in this book—iOs, Facebook, and the web—and describes who plays on them, how many there are, and how much larger they’re expected to grow.

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