Zynga Shuts Down PetVille And 10 Other Titles To Cut Costs

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  1. PlayScreen

    PlayScreen Well-Known Member

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    http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/30/zynga-shuts-down-petville-fishville-mafia-wars-2/

    PetVille – Shut down December 30th
    Mafia Wars 2 - Shut down December 30th
    FishVille – Shut down December 5th
    Vampire Wars – Shut down December 5th
    Treasure Isle – Shut down December 5th
    Indiana Jones Adventure World – Closed to new players, shuts down January 14th
    Mafia Wars Shakedown – Pulled from app stores
    Forestville – Pulled from app stores
    Montopia – Shut down December 21st
    Mojitomo – Pulled from app stores
    Word Scramble Challenge – Pulled from app stores


    Interesting. We launched the free game Word Carnivale on iOS just a few weeks ago and it's been growing virally since then. Some players have put in over 20 hours of play in less than a week.

    Good timing considering Zynga has pulled Word Scramble Challenge. The difference is that Word Carnivale isn't just another clone of a 'Boggle' game, the play-field changes with every word discovered, a far richer experience than trying to find obscure words on a fixed set of 16 letters (our grid is 25 by the way). It's ad supported, just interstitial ads after you play a round.

    Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWJR3Od8aOo
     
  2. DannyTheElite

    DannyTheElite Well-Known Member

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    Are they closing?
     
  3. Teknikal

    Teknikal Well-Known Member

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    Anyone whose stupid enough to pay to play these sad excuse for games deserves to lose everything they put in. It's the only way they will learn what a bad idea they are and maybe they'll stop falling for them.

    All of them will be shut down sooner or later, it's all about the profit margin.
     
  4. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    As I said on TechCrunch, maybe now Zynga will realise that in order to survive, their games actually need to be good. Quality over quantity. Spend some time coming up with a fresh and innovative game idea, then use your enormous wealth to advertise it and cross your fingers.
     
  5. Pman

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    Exactly. You can't be so stupid as to put money into a game that is just some knock off from another app. So sad for those young kids playing farmville and all that wasting away all their money.
     
  6. Zynga...original idea....great joke there
     
  7. Pman

    Pman Well-Known Member

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    The antonym of originality is Zynga.
     
  8. visionwebs

    visionwebs Well-Known Member

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    Yes, finally! :D

    I wish every one at zynga a happy and profitable life with good well paid jobs.

    However, the day zynga the business goes bust will be the best day for gamers every where, people will wake up and realise that it's better to put profit into companies that care and more quality titles both Indy and not will pop up from the mists. happy joy joy!

    Can't wait.
     
  9. Pman

    Pman Well-Known Member

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    May be a wee bit harsh, but I understand. Are you yourself a developer?

    And another thing that I hate about Zynga is, is that they aim for quite young children in some of their games. That is ubsurd and upsets me.
     
  10. bramblett05

    bramblett05 Well-Known Member

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    Well most games are still there and yes their a bad company for being money grubbers but I'm sure someone will take their spot
     

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