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Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Re: Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Post by nicholassmith »

tatsuke95 wrote: post #15
nicholassmith wrote: post #2

Could this turn out to be the nail in Zynga's coffin? Seems like investors are getting cold feet, staff reductions, and a general malaise seems to surround the brand. Losing that access as a key partner to Facebook and becoming just another user is going to force them to make very rapid changes to adapt.

I think the nail in the coffin was the last quarterly report. At this point Zynga is priced right around the liquidation value of the company. Nowhere to go but up (or out of business)! Long Zynga 2014 calls in the hope they pull off a miracle of online gambling.

Last report was bad and will have scared investors but this isn't just investment market, this is core business. Being the partner could still keep them afloat, now? They're back to fighting with other teams.

Re: Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Post by ArbitraryLimits »

michaelochurch wrote: post #12

I name this Praziquantel Day. (Praziquantel is a drug used to kill tapeworms.) This is very, very good for Facebook. They are upgrading their brand and image by doing this. The major reason Google+ Games did not succeed is that preferential treatment was given to mainstream developers (e.g. Zynga) who didn't expect us to thrive and therefore gave us their second-string stuff, as opposed to indie developers who would…

I'm a little confused as to who exactly "us" refers to in your post, could you clarify please? "We" as generic consumers, "we" as developers, other?

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Post by saraid216 »

michaelochurch wrote: post #12

I name this Praziquantel Day. (Praziquantel is a drug used to kill tapeworms.) This is very, very good for Facebook. They are upgrading their brand and image by doing this. The major reason Google+ Games did not succeed is that preferential treatment was given to mainstream developers (e.g. Zynga) who didn't expect us to thrive and therefore gave us their second-string stuff, as opposed to indie developers who would…

> having proposed an alternative strategy that would have worked exceedingly well

Indeed! I, too, have proposed numerous alternative strategies to many people which would have worked exceeding well had they been implemented.

Re: Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Post by michaelochurch »

saraid216 wrote: post #33
michaelochurch wrote: post #12

I name this Praziquantel Day. (Praziquantel is a drug used to kill tapeworms.) This is very, very good for Facebook. They are upgrading their brand and image by doing this. The major reason Google+ Games did not succeed is that preferential treatment was given to mainstream developers (e.g. Zynga) who didn't expect us to thrive and therefore gave us their second-string stuff, as opposed to indie developers who would…

> having proposed an alternative strategy that would have worked exceedingly well Indeed! I, too, have proposed numerous alternative strategies to many people which would have worked exceeding well had they been implemented.

It's really frustrating to watch people persist in ideas they know are bad just to keep rank.

Re: Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Post by michaelochurch »

ArbitraryLimits wrote: post #32
michaelochurch wrote: post #12

I name this Praziquantel Day. (Praziquantel is a drug used to kill tapeworms.) This is very, very good for Facebook. They are upgrading their brand and image by doing this. The major reason Google+ Games did not succeed is that preferential treatment was given to mainstream developers (e.g. Zynga) who didn't expect us to thrive and therefore gave us their second-string stuff, as opposed to indie developers who would…

I'm a little confused as to who exactly "us" refers to in your post, could you clarify please? "We" as generic consumers, "we" as developers, other?

Google+ users / generic consumers.

Re: Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

nicholassmith wrote: post #29
johnyzee wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somehow online gambling seems like a great fit for Zynga.

Huge fit but with massively regulatory oversight, so they'd be at the whims of the regulators.

Admittedly so, but Vegas casinos seem to thrive under a similar regulatory climate.
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