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Zynga now valued at higher than EA

article published on 27 October, 2010

Zynga, the social gaming giant behind "FarmVille," has just been valued at $5.5 billion by SharePost, the service which exchanges shares of privately held companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Zynga. With a market cap that large, Zynga is now considered the second largest gaming publisher in the world, surpassing Electronic Arts (EA) which has a current market cap of $5.15 billion. ... [ read the full article ]

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Notcow
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 16:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Zynga makes money because they know how to play the Facebook demographic...EA loses money constantly because of their annoying and intrusive antipiracy measures.

It makes sense.
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biglo30
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 17:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
WTH so much people on facebook plays that game? How are they making money if its free?
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Ryoohki
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 18:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It is free but you can spend real money to buy credits and such to buy virtual things. Meaning you can pay to level up quicker essentially. I use to be huge into mafia wars but I never spent a dime on it. It is considerably quicker to gain a higher level if you buy extra energy etc and it is similar with all of the zynga games really.
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ThePastor
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 20:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
EA will be around MUCH longer than Zynga. I hate Zynga.
Those types of games (so-called "social networking" games) are a fad.


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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
KillerBug
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 23:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That might be one of the first times I have heard someone say that EA makes quality games. They make a lot of "AAA" games, but quality?

Zynga and EA both make video games...but they are completely different markets and really can't be compared in any way except the bottom line and the stock price.
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biglo30
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_ 		27. October 2010 @ 23:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
 It is free but you can spend real money to buy credits and such to buy virtual things. Meaning you can pay to level up quicker essentially. I use to be huge into mafia wars but I never spent a dime on it. It is considerably quicker to gain a higher level if you buy extra energy etc and it is similar with all of the zynga games really.
Wow I did know that people actually took it that serious.
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DVDBack23
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_ 		28. October 2010 @ 00:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by biglo30:
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
 It is free but you can spend real money to buy credits and such to buy virtual things. Meaning you can pay to level up quicker essentially. I use to be huge into mafia wars but I never spent a dime on it. It is considerably quicker to gain a higher level if you buy extra energy etc and it is similar with all of the zynga games really.
Wow I did know that people actually took it that serious.
Yeah man, it's already a billion dollar industry (virtual goods).
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_ 		28. October 2010 @ 05:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Originally posted by biglo30:
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
 It is free but you can spend real money to buy credits and such to buy virtual things. Meaning you can pay to level up quicker essentially. I use to be huge into mafia wars but I never spent a dime on it. It is considerably quicker to gain a higher level if you buy extra energy etc and it is similar with all of the zynga games really.
Wow I did know that people actually took it that serious.
Yeah man, it's already a billion dollar industry (virtual goods).
They also make a lot on accidental purchases...you can hardly buy anything from a 7-11 without getting Zynga points...you are getting them, even if you don't want them.
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