No More MafiaWars/Farmville on Facebook?



There are plenty of games still on Facebook.

Farmville is relatively new. Mafia Wars has many look-alikes out there. So, it's not a big loss to Facebook.

It's when you start seeing the Poker games leave that you have to worry. I'd expect many small firms pushing their games more since Zynga is pulling out.
 
they are in a massive legal battle right now, fb cut off all feeds from the game etc
 
I'm glad two companies with major privacy policy issue can come together and really work out there differences to take more money way from there userbase and datamine there users information
 
I can't blame them for wanting to negotiate and threatening to pull the plug. 30% of profit share is a pretty big chunk of change. And they know they have a large enough marketshare that they can negotiate with FB.
 
imbo55 said:
I can't blame them for wanting to negotiate and threatening to pull the plug. 30% of profit share is a pretty big chunk of change. And they know they have a large enough marketshare that they can negotiate with FB.
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Agreed.

However, those games would probably not be as popular with FB. So it's one of those tough situations trying to balance the equation without biting the hand that feeds you.
 
I am pretty sure zynga is going to lose a ton of revenue. Sadly both companies are terrible with their policies
 
I dont see the point of gaming on facebook. You may as well game out side of facebook and just connect to friends on facebook. That was the initial purpose of facebook anyways. Games are an afterthought.
 
These games became so popular because people could post about the games on their live feeds and their friend's walls. Now that FB shut that down they have lost a significant portion of their marketing design. All of these games exist outside of facebook already, but the live feed storm from farmville got people curious who otherwise wouldn't have played these games. If Zynga doesn't have the live feed capacity it is going to be hard for them to ever see the volume of users they were previously seeing. Love the evolution of facebook games and hope it keeps expanding to much more complex games other than farmville.
 
As an Arm Chair Quarterback Zynga needs to setup their own feeds and standalone to start taking user-base from facebook and push it over to zynga's properties . Facebook has way too much control over Zynga. Facebook's best move would buy-out or buy a rival company of zynga, similar to what google does everytime(i.e. google video youtube buy). But I dont think Facebook could manage a profitable company they still cant figure out their own shit.
 
Zynga's distribution of their new 'toolbar' will be a helpful tool if they do cut ties with FB...

IMO, Facebook should be paying Zynga for their ability to bring in users and raise FB's impressions...I bet when you look at my post count, it only validates how correct I am :) Just like Myspace, the trend may be moving off of FB in a year or so...? Thats a little off topic though :/
 
These games became so popular because people could post about the games on their live feeds and their friend's walls. Now that FB shut that down they have lost a significant portion of their marketing design. All of these games exist outside of facebook already, but the live feed storm from farmville got people curious who otherwise wouldn't have played these games. If Zynga doesn't have the live feed capacity it is going to be hard for them to ever see the volume of users they were previously seeing.
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Exactly. Being able to play the game with others through feeds is what made games like Farmville popular on Facebook.
 
zynga has the most popular games in facebook although i doubt that it will affect facebook once they leave. there will be a lot of broken hearts though coz they invested they time trying to level up. lol
 
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