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  Social Dev Zynga Reaches 100M Unique Monthly Users
by Chris Remo [PC, Console/PC]
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November 23, 2009
 
Social Dev Zynga Reaches 100M Unique Monthly Users

Zynga, developer of mega-successful social game FarmVille, says it has reached a major user milestone, with more than 100 million unique users playing its online games every month.

A million of those players spend money on virtual goods each month. Despite that figure only representing 1 percent of users, Zynga says such spending comprises 90 percent of its revenue. The company also says it has tallied 200 million monthly active users, a figure that counts the same user across multiple games as multiple users.

FarmVille, the Facebook-based farm simulation game, launched in June and has reached a user base of 65 million -- 26 million of whom play the game on a daily basis, according to Zynga. The studio has launched a standalone website, FarmVille.com, that hosts the game and hooks into players' existing Facebook accounts.

Zynga's latest titles, Cafe World and FishVille, have grown relatively quickly, reaching 9 million daily users and 6 million daily users respectively.

"Our games continue to delight and connect players as they immerse themselves in their worlds of farming, fishing or running a restaurant," said Zynga CEO Mark Pincus. "With the popularity of virtual goods today, we are in the early stages of a new economy that could grow and shape the future of the Web."
 
   
 
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Ephriam Knight
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If Mafia Wars is anything to go by, $5 is the minimum purchase which means that people are spending at least $5 million on their games every month. That is nothing to shake a stick at.

Wouldn't mind that coming in my bank account each month.

Tim Johnston
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Must be why all their games are virtually unplayable because of server sluggishness...I'll bet they have people building servers 24/7 to handle the traffic.

Yannick Boucher
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Well, I guess the PR blitz has started... quick, cover those "horrible things" ! ;)

Patrick Dugan
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If only there was a way to monetize web players that didn't involve them getting a credit card out...


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