I don't think your acquaintances are a good representation. Social games are still doing well. Maybe not the Zynga-style games, but check out http://www.appdata

I don't think your acquaintances are a good representation. Social games are still doing well. Maybe not the Zynga-style games, but check out http://www.appdata.com/ http://www.appdata.com/. #1 is Candy Crush Saga, which is kinda like a social Bejeweled. I'm getting requests from people I didn't even knew played games. King seems to be doing well lately. But note that Zynga's games still reach 171 million users per month. That's huge. Zynga may have too many games, employees, and expenses, but the category has plenty of life yet.