最近有两条新闻很有趣。一条来自mac observer，标题是IOS在游戏方向上已经领先索尼的PSP；另外一条是来自forbes对facebook首席执行官马克-扎克伯格的访问，后者称社交游戏才是游戏工业的最新趋势。

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这两条新闻都有一个共同点，就是认为传统游戏市场正在衰退。

mac observer网站提到了苹果在移动游戏领域的市场已经超过了索尼的PSP，并且正在逐步接近任天堂的DS和DSI。据gamepro引述newzoo最新的研究数据显示基于IOS的游戏玩家全美已经达到了4010万用户，而同期索尼的PSP数据为1800万，任天堂则有4100万。

福布斯网站的新闻则称facebook首席执行官马克-扎克伯格认为游戏未来的趋势就是社交化。在最近的一次访谈中，马克-扎克伯格表示微软的XBOX和任天堂是传统游戏的最后一代，因为越来越多的人已经选择在线和朋友一起分享游戏。事实上Oliver Chiang并不这么认为，因为像xbox live本身已经高度社交化了，甚至还拥有了facebook的应用集成，而任天堂也正在努力让自己更社交化，用户甚至可以通过DSI设备将照片上传到facebook。

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Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have claimed a substantially larger part of the mobile gaming market than Sony’s PSP, and are quickly gaining on Nintendo’s DS and DSi. About 40.1 million iOS device users in the U.S. are into mobile gaming, while only 18 million play games on the PSP, according to GamePro.

Apple is quickly closing in on Nintendo’s 41.0 million users, too. The figures come from a survey conducted by Newzoo as part of its International Gamers Survey 2010.

The study also showed that about two thirds of the iPad and PSP game players surveyed play games at least three days a week. In comparison, about 50 percent of iPhone, iPod touch, DS and DSi users play games at least three days a week.

iOS devices may be taking a significant portion of the mobile gaming market, but its Nintendo users that are more likely to pay for games. 67 percent of DS and DSi owners will spend money on games, while 66 percent of the PSP owners will. 45 percent of iPhone and iPod touch, and 32 percent of iPad owners are willing to buy games for their devices.

Assuming the trends continue, Apple should surpass Nintendo soon, making it the most popular mobile gaming platform around.

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It’s no surprise that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg thinks that games, and all online applications, are becoming more social. But in a recent comment, Zuckerberg seemed to single out Microsoft and Nintendo’s respective game consoles as old hat.

Responding to a query on Facebook Questions, “What is the future of social networking?” the Facebook CEO replied that it wasn’t necessarily another social network website, but that all online activities would become social somehow. He gives the following example: “The last generation of games was played on Xbox and Nintendo, but many more people now play social games with their friends online.”

Social games like the insanely popular Farmville are certainly drawing in lots of players. But it’s a little unfair to associate Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s Wii with the last-generation of games, especially given that Facebook partners with both. Microsoft’s Xbox Live network is highly social, widely used for online multiplayer matches, and even has Facebook integration. Nintendo too is working with Facebook. Its DSi handheld console has photo-taking capability, and users can upload photos from their DSi devices directly onto Facebook.（source：mac observer/forbes）