Since its inception in the year 2009, this social gaming industry has attracted a large number of people; however, criticism has also been flowing in a large number for this blooming industry. While many people feel that the social games are so simplistic and shallow that it is impossible for them to pull a substantial number of audiences, there are others who feel that social games provide a free platform to gaming lovers and are far better than the traditional games. With a mixed reaction of people to this fast-growing industry, some of the biggest critics of this game also feel that this social gaming is just a small fraction of the big online gaming industry and will soon be consumed into the remaining industry.

Whatever the case may be, this social gaming industry definitely has a greater role to play than merely being a rage or an illusion of the real games. In fact, social gaming has brought in a complete new technology with which people can spend more time on the Internet enjoying games and living their passion. The experience that people gain from social gaming is similar to the one that other distribution channels on the Web provide to their visitors, such as video media (like YouTube), written media (like Twitter), and social networking (like Facebook), among others.

Many people feel that this social gaming industry is yet to see the light of the day and is a long-time player, owing to two main reasons. First is the format in which social games work, which matches the rhythm and regular pattern of the users of the Web. Second is the capability of social gaming to be perfectly woven and supplied to all parts of the world through the Web and gives its players the facility of interactive entertainment right at their couches.

Ever since the entertainment media began its journey of entertaining audience, the major part called content has been designed in both length and short formats. Today, lengthy novels, three-hour movies and television series exist in complete harmony with blogs tweets, sitcoms, YouTube videos, etc. And this harmony exists because each of these formats plays a different role without interfering with other formats and therefore, each format receives its own share of users and audience and manages to attract different users for different reasons.

Today, social gaming is the only type of gaming, which is perfectly distributed through social media. Such games are also capable of leveraging the distribution capacities that are afforded by networks socially. Internet users are fast diverting to social-networking sites from content portals like MSN Games owing to the fact and ability of these social networks in taking up social games. Through social-networking websites, users get a pleasurable experience where they can play games that are recommended by their friends, play with their friends and simultaneously, share photos and statuses with friends across the globe. This is the biggest reason why players have shifted their base from single-player formatted content websites to social networking websites.

However, since change is inevitable, it is important for social games to understand the need of the hour and evolve accordingly. The next in line in the online gaming industry is the Social gaming version 2.0 which is promising to take a step further and perpetuate along more themes such as café, bar and bakery. Many new games that are making their entry in the gaming industry also prove that social game is a long-time player and is here to rule at least some part of the online gaming industry to a large extent.