Posts Tagged ‘Farmville’
Facebook and Farmville maker sign 5 year strategic deal. 5 more years of my facebook wall being filled with that crap.
May 20th, 2010 • Uncategorized
Tags: Facebook, Farmville
From The Guardian:
Facebook and Zynga, the company behind games such as Farmville, have buried the hatchet, announcing a five-year strategic relationship and “shared commitment to social gaming”.
The two companies have been at loggerheads over Facebook’s attempt to make its virtual currency, Facebook Credits, the only one players of games made by Zynga and others can use.
Farmville, the hugely popular game where players cultivate their own farm, is free but players can buy virtual currency with real money to boost their plot.
Facebook takes a 30% commission every time its currency is used, leading Zynga – which reportedly makes as much as $100m (£70m) a year from selling virtual items such as barns – to threaten to quit the social networking website.
I’ve never played any of those Facebook games. My wall is constantly being filled with “Janice is training their dog in FarmVille!” or something like that.
