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Zynga Gunning Up (And Lawyering Up) For War Against Facebook With Zynga Live


Looks like Facebook is burning bridges left and right. If Zynga does leave it will surely leave a huge gap in Facebook gaming. Question is, are they ready to pull the plug?

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justo_tx

Already posted

Zynga Pulling Away From Facebook

(but your choice of forum section is more appropriate)

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Rexibit

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.

jeffdacosta

Really? And what about Yoville Game, do you have information?

CPAPIMP

personally wouldn't mind, will open a ton of media space on FB

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SeoFuel

they are in a massive legal battle right now, fb cut off all feeds from the game etc

justo_tx

Not quite

Facebook And Zynga Enter Into Five Year Partnership, Expand Use Of Facebook Credits

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mediasup

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

imbo55

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.

Barefootsies

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.

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inumel

I am pretty sure zynga is going to lose a ton of revenue. Sadly both companies are terrible with their policies

crovax85

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.

jfreeberg

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.

mediasup

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.

Yollo

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 :/

Flyguy

Exactly. Being able to play the game with others through feeds is what made games like Farmville popular on Facebook.

theleonz

There are plenty of games still on Facebook though

vivifoster

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

jtgraphic

That's just the perfect storm for someone to come in and snatch up market share.

Andrew Scherer

WAT !!!

NO MOAR FARMS?????????????????????????????

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NPressPlatinum

I really can't believe people waste their time with those games anyways! Go buy the Wii and get your ass in shape!

SEO_Expert

Facebook to ban gmes? OMG!

seolinker

I wanted to try allods, at first they allowed it, then ban it. LOL

seoworking

I really loved Zynga Poker, hope they dont ban it.....By the way Facebook should be so jealous of Zynga....

Jessejames

I don't play any of the games and I'm tired of sifting through all the request from friends to play and do this and that. It gets annoying, so if they get rid or it who cares, like someone else said, it will free up media space.

Jabberwokky

I don't see zynga's leaving facebook as being detrimental to facebook.

Sortof the same reason why the drug war is pointless... If they kill zynga today, I will open up shop tomorrow.

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DeluxJonathon

I believe facebook is angry Zynga got a large investment from google... Facebook is afraid google is going to make a "facebook killer".

shopdeal

you can easily ban one app, and then you will never get requests for that particular game anymore.

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decadance

Well I had no conventional worries about these, because I don't play facebook games. Instead, I play my PC games ( Star Craft II and Kane's Wrath ) all night long!

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espey127

I block every one of these apps. Who really has time to play Facebook games? Hmm, Facebook or 360? Though choice!!!

aparadekto

You'll be surprised how many zombies play such games at least 4 hours a day...

goddesspoo

these games are time sink for everyone!

Xtelco

Yes, but that stupid games seem to multiply faster than you could possibly ban them....I'm quite tempted to send the facebook gamers the infamous Shatner quote:
Get a life, you fucking nerds!

LastSamurai

I'll be taking a nap while you losers waste your lives away on this crap!

twentyone

These would be a great loss for facebook if Zynga will really pull away.
Even if they still have many games left, most of the most played games in Facebook is made by Zynga. Only a few bastards play those copycat games and boring games left.

papajohn56

or make your own and make a ton of money

Svara

Less time spent on Farmville and other applications = less time spent glancing at our fb ads. This concerns me far more than whether people are dumb for playing the games or not.

Personally, I don't really want to see them go. I, too, like the poker app .

motivated

THIS.

-joe-

Don't forget though, too, that the dumb people who play these games, are the same dumb people who go "zomg 25 free ringtones!?! What could be the catch!!?"