4:43 PM 250M Facebook (FB) users play games each month, the company announces. That's up from 235M in Aug. '12 and 205M in Aug. '11, and amounts to 24% of year-end monthly active users. Also, though Facebook's adjusted Payments revenue was flat Y/Y in Q4, total payers are up 24% Y/Y, and 2012 game developer payouts totaled $2B - Zynga (ZNGA) received a big chunk of that. With activity steadily shifting to mobile (where Apple/Google are the gaming gatekeepers), Facebook is counting on the arrival of console-type games and real-time multiplayer gaming to prop up usage. Read comments
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