After PC downloads and social fail, PlayFirst sees its fortunes rise again on mobile

Few would argue that 2011 was a good year for San Francisco-based PlayFirst. After raising $9.2 million in funding to create social games, the developer saw the Facebook version of its flagship casual game Diner Dash flop, its third failure in a row on the platform. By December the company had backed off Facebook entirely to refocus on mobile — a strategic retreat that has paved the way for the company’s comeback.

Since making the switch to mobile, PlayFirst tells us it has has doubled its monthly active users to 8 million and has been profitable every month since January.

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