Tag Archives: Farmville

Supercell is the latest fast rising online game fad company

Posted on October 24, 2013 by markkolier

Following is an article from last week’s Wall Street Journal that I found extremely interesting as it relates to the ‘faditzation’ of mobile games. (I have edited it only slightly.) ‘Last week on October 16 Japan’s  Softbank Corp. agreed to … Continue reading →

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Zynga did not lose as much money last quarter as forecast – Oh boy!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by markkolier

I admit I am far from being qualified to understand the proceedings on Wall Street. Tuesday afternoon online gaming platform Zynga ‘reported a fourth-quarter loss of $48.6 million, or 6 cents a share, on sales of $311 million. The “adjusted” … Continue reading →

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You’re raising a barn on Farmville – nobody cares

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markkolier

With Facebook’s successful IPO this past Friday Zynga (creator of Cityville, Words with Friends, Draw Something, Farmville, Frontierville and other ‘villes) has more motivation than ever to unwean itself from the mother ship that is Facebook since Facebook may come … Continue reading →

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A $1 billion IPO – is Zynga built to last?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by markkolier

The news last week was that Zynga has planned an IPO filing for $1 billion (it hopes to raise $1.5 to $2 billion with an overall company valuation as much as $20 billion). The move http://bit.ly/qq9yzv took nobody by surprise. … Continue reading →

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