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Technology Stocks : Zynga, Inc.
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (27)7/20/2011 4:20:32 PM
From: Glenn Petersen1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 365
 
Zynga's games come on strong, and then fade out just like any video game. . . . It's another reminder that Zynga is a hits driven business and it needs a new hit to keep its strong momentum going

Zynga Losing Millions Of Users For Its Most Popular Games

By Dylan Love
Business Insider
Apr. 11, 2011, 1:45 PM

Zynga is losing millions of its daily active users, according to data on AllFacebook.com, dug up by John Sweeney of the Facebook & Zynga Blog.

If you go back one month, CityVille had 21.1 million users. Today it's down to 19.7 million.



Farmville has lost over a million users in a month, going from 13.8 million to 12.7 million:



Here's Mafia Wars, which had a sharp spike at 5.5 million users thanks to a promotion before easing off to 2 million:



What's going on here? Zynga's games come on strong, and then fade out just like any video game.

It's another reminder that Zynga is a hits driven business and it needs a new hit to keep its strong momentum going.

businessinsider.com
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