Chapter 7
Multiplayer Experiences
Gaming as provided by mobile phone platforms is absorbing the growth that the new generation [of consoles] should have delivered.
Horace Dediu
7.1 Introduction
Multiplayer experiences are becoming more popular on mobile devices. In 2009, Zynga released Words with Friends (www.wordswithfriends.com). It is a Scrabble-like game available on most platforms in which players take turns spelling out words. The game sends a message to a player when it is their turn. The game is rarely played in real-time, with days and sometimes months going by before the next player plays. Draw Something by OMGPop later acquired ...
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