In fact my theory was that social games could slide into the same death spiral that Ataridid in 1983... It will also probably happen to handheld gaming soon. I

In fact my theory was that social games could slide into the same death spiral that Ataridid in 1983... It will also probably happen to handheld gaming soon. I strongly suspect the mobile gaming fad on smart phones is going to burn itself out sooner rather than later. There's just too much gimmicky crap on the market and, just as in previous gaming fads, this kind of ecosystem strip-mining is eventually going to alienate the gamers.