My Musings

Saying that mobile will kill the web is stupid as it is just like saying that TV will kill the radio

If you think Draw Something is an overnight success? Think again?

http://betakit.com/2012/03/23/draw-something-and-the-myth-of-the-overnight-success

Their Facebook version of the game has been on Facebook since 2008

The difference between OMGPOP and Zynga is that OMGPOP creates games that makes people want to share and Zynga creates games that makes people have to share

With the success of Brian Fargo and Tim Schafer raising funds for their own respective games on KickStarter. It looks like publishers are now being sidelined. Look at how Dell cuts out the middleman and publishers should be figuring out how they are going to survive in this new era of crowdfunding

As the example with OMGPOP shows, sometimes you need to have your back against the wall in order to push out that one successful product. 

http://pandodaily.com/2012/03/05/living-on-the-edge-what-omgpops-stunning-reversal-says-about-modern-day-gaming/

http://allthingsd.com/20120229/after-5-years-draw-something-is-an-overnight-hit-for-omgpop-now-what/?mod=googlenews