The decline of social games has been "overhyped," Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello said at Friday's App Conference in San Jose, California, AllThingsD reported. "Companies that are now suffering will have another day," Riccitiello said.

The CEO noted that viral marketing-style messages in social games that spam friends lists with requests don't make for "great gaming," and that "consumers won't pay for crap." Riccitiello had similar comments in May, when he said that "consumers want to be entertained, they don't want to be data managed."EA's Riccitiello on social games: 'Consumers won't pay for crap' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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