Comments on: Zynga overtakes Yahoo! Games to be the largest games “site” on the Internet http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/ The Business of Games Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: technologiez http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-7286 technologiez Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:18:58 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-7286 When are they going to put out more applications so people other than those with the iphone can use the features on farmville/facebook?<br><br>I wouldn't mind paying a fee...it will weed out those not interested in it and never play their farm again after their first visit. I am sure that this has clogged up a lot of space on the servers.<br><a href="http://technologiez.net/2010/07/25/zynga-the-google-of-games/" rel="nofollow">http://technologiez.net/2010/07/25/zynga-the-go...</a> When are they going to put out more applications so people other than those with the iphone can use the features on farmville/facebook?

I wouldn't mind paying a fee…it will weed out those not interested in it and never play their farm again after their first visit. I am sure that this has clogged up a lot of space on the servers.
http://technologiez.net/2010/07/25/zynga-the-go...

]]> By: lisa http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-6430 lisa Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:43:55 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-6430 I can tell you speaking from a users perspective that they may have large numbers but of those many are duplicate, triplicate and more due to the nature of some of these games you can up your stats by swapping items from one account to benefit the other, and the recent changes in the game I was playing which is one of the top ones have made many players leave or play less<br>I play on the facebook platform which has probably the most players over any other platform but the ongoing issues and general lack of customer support and new popups to buy stuff which is non stop in the game now is in my opinion turning off many long time players it will attract the new person and maybe keep some who have money and time to burn and as for the count of players in their database that I'm afraid is going to be misleading from my understanding you can remove the app from your end on Facebook but whether it gets removed from their database is another story. I can tell you speaking from a users perspective that they may have large numbers but of those many are duplicate, triplicate and more due to the nature of some of these games you can up your stats by swapping items from one account to benefit the other, and the recent changes in the game I was playing which is one of the top ones have made many players leave or play less
I play on the facebook platform which has probably the most players over any other platform but the ongoing issues and general lack of customer support and new popups to buy stuff which is non stop in the game now is in my opinion turning off many long time players it will attract the new person and maybe keep some who have money and time to burn and as for the count of players in their database that I'm afraid is going to be misleading from my understanding you can remove the app from your end on Facebook but whether it gets removed from their database is another story.

]]> By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4937 Nicholas Lovell Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:49:29 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-4937 Useful points, Pavan. MAUs are not counted exactly the same as Uniques on most websites. However, it does measure some form of "contact" with the app (while web UUs capture people who bounce off immediately).<br><br>So I accept the point that it is not directly comparable with UUs. But it is still a useful measure. Useful points, Pavan. MAUs are not counted exactly the same as Uniques on most websites. However, it does measure some form of “contact” with the app (while web UUs capture people who bounce off immediately).

So I accept the point that it is not directly comparable with UUs. But it is still a useful measure.

]]> By: Pavan http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4934 Pavan Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:26:51 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-4934 Hello Nicholas,<br><br>These Unique Users are not all registered users in ZYNGA as facebook counts even users who have not "authorized" or installed application but just clicked on request etc too(http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=891)<br><br>If so, UU is not same as total user base ZYNGA has, right?<br><br>Cheers,<br>Pavan Hello Nicholas,

These Unique Users are not all registered users in ZYNGA as facebook counts even users who have not “authorized” or installed application but just clicked on request etc too(http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=891)

If so, UU is not same as total user base ZYNGA has, right?

Cheers,
Pavan

]]> By: mfarney http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4730 mfarney Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:44:42 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-4730 Zynga's secret weapon is the fact that people can play these games on other social sites like Facebook for example. Thus, they have a larger audience by providing choices. <br>______________ <br>Mathew Farney - <a rel="follow" href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Web Hosting</a> Zynga's secret weapon is the fact that people can play these games on other social sites like Facebook for example. Thus, they have a larger audience by providing choices.
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]]> By: garland1975 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4645 garland1975 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:08:28 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-4645 I do like zyga games, but i am worried about the developers keeping tabs on issues with some....I know over 3500 players on special forces and a lot of them have spent over 1000 dollars to raise their stats yet there are still issues with the game and people are mad.... i am missing over 2000 attk and 2200 def right now and dont know where it went? i have logged in and reported to no avail i cant even log into the discussion board now to let em know my problems any more? Mafia wars always gets new items and can invite tons of people ....special forces 4 invites a day and hardly any new weapons with no new levels ? please help if yah really care..... I do like zyga games, but i am worried about the developers keeping tabs on issues with some….I know over 3500 players on special forces and a lot of them have spent over 1000 dollars to raise their stats yet there are still issues with the game and people are mad…. i am missing over 2000 attk and 2200 def right now and dont know where it went? i have logged in and reported to no avail i cant even log into the discussion board now to let em know my problems any more? Mafia wars always gets new items and can invite tons of people ….special forces 4 invites a day and hardly any new weapons with no new levels ? please help if yah really care…..

]]> By: Matthew http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4102 Matthew Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:29:21 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-4102 Facebook poker chips Facebook poker chips

]]> By: troy http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3559 troy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:25:14 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-3559 i love mafia wars its a great game. if you need to know anything about it join us at <a href="http://mafiahaven.net" rel="nofollow">http://mafiahaven.net</a> its got everything listed! i love mafia wars its a great game. if you need to know anything about it join us at http://mafiahaven.net its got everything listed!

]]> By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Nicholas Lovell Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:16:11 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-3554 I'm not sure that I follow your point. I'm trying to work out how many uniques *Zynga* has. These are not broken out (as far as I can see) in any of the Facebook, ComScore or Nielsen stats. They are just counted as Facebook users, not Zynga users.<br><br>If you know of any independent source for aggregated unique Zynga users, I'd be very grateful if you would point them out to me. I'm not sure that I follow your point. I'm trying to work out how many uniques *Zynga* has. These are not broken out (as far as I can see) in any of the Facebook, ComScore or Nielsen stats. They are just counted as Facebook users, not Zynga users.

If you know of any independent source for aggregated unique Zynga users, I'd be very grateful if you would point them out to me.

]]> By: Name http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3551 Name Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:49:17 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/07/zynga-overtakes-yahoo-games-to-be-the-largest-games-site-on-the-internet/#comment-3551 Facebook, Comscore and Neilsen already count zynga users under Facebook unique users because they are on the facebook website and are facebook users. So it is not accurate to count the same users on the same website again and again. Facebook, Comscore and Neilsen already count zynga users under Facebook unique users because they are on the facebook website and are facebook users. So it is not accurate to count the same users on the same website again and again.

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