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MAFIA SPIRIT

Friday, July 6, 2012

Solving The Puzzle Box Of London Question

The 8th district in London is called “American Psycho In London”. This makes me think that this district is about some crazy lunatic American is running around London causing havoc. As you look through the list of jobs and the sub-captions you should get a feel of a completely different location than London.

Meet Your Source

London District 8 Job 1 Meet Your Source Long have I bided my time, awaiting word from my Master. And it has arrived!

Investigate The Trail Of The Puzzle Box

London District 8 Job 2 Investigate The Trail Of The Puzzle Box All legend grows from the roots of truth.

It is time to dig into the past and rectify the present.

Audition Your Potential Partners

London District 8 Job 3 Audition Your Potential Partners Subtle work needs subtle hands, especially for the purpose of deception.

Storm The Tower Of London

London District 8 Job 4 Storm The Tower Of London A work of stone cannot stand against a will of iron.

And my will shall shape the world to come.

Steal The Puzzle Box

London District 8 Job 5 Steal The Puzzle Box The theft of the Crown Jewels shall mask the disappearance of a small box of unknown origin.

Fight Off The Police

London District 8 Job 6 Fight Off The Police They seek to serve their country. I seek only power and its restoration to my clan.

Escape Into The Back Alleys

London District 8 Job 7 Escape Into The Back Alleys I bear a power unlike any other, and all that remains is for me to wield it.

Open The Puzzle Box

London District 8 Job 8 Open The Puzzle Box There is only one key that will lay bare its secrets: ambition. The puzzle box opens ...

 

The samurai warrior appearing in 5 of the 8 job images that are ‘supposed’ to represent London makes me think that I am doing jobs in Japan.

Then a puzzle box is mentioned within 2 of the job titles and again in 2 of the jobs sub-captions. The puzzle box is also shown in 2 of the job images. If you do not know what a puzzle box is here is a description from Wikipedia;

Puzzle box

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A puzzle box (also called a secret, or trick box) is a box that can only be opened through some obscure or complicated series of manipulations. Some puzzle boxes may require only a simple squeeze in the right spot, whereas others may require the subtle movement of several small parts, to open the box. Some puzzle boxes are comparable to burr puzzles.

The puzzle box originated in the Hakone region of Japan at the turn of the 19th century as the Himitsu-Bako, or Personal Secret Box. If opened, a puzzle box usually contains a sort of good luck charm. These boxes were made in various complexities, and consist of moves with a variety of twists to trick the person trying to open the box, but the real trick is finding the correct series of movements that can range from two to 1500+ moves.

HakoneHakone in Kanagawa Prefecture

All this has many players guessing and speculating that the next new location to travel to in Mafia Wars will be Tokyo.

Maybe those who are guessing are right and Tokyo will be the next city in Mafia Wars. Then again, if they are looking for clues then Zynga might be trying to throw us off the trail. Read these sub-captions from the some of the jobs in London’s district 8;

All legend grows from the roots of truth.

It is time to dig into the past and rectify the present.

Subtle work needs subtle hands, especially for the purpose of deception.

There is only one key that will lay bare its secrets: ambition. The puzzle box opens ...

Also, look closely at the ‘Arm Yourself For Battle’ Bonus job;London District 8 Bonus Job Arm Yourself For BattleThis guy looks more American than he does Japanese. He IS the American Psycho In London.

The truth is that we don’t know. Zynga’s developers might not even know yet. The next destination could just as easily be a return to Moscow since the 4th district in London was called ‘To Russia With Love’. Or maybe a return to Bangkok since there is a limited time mission called ‘Oriental Retribution’.

Until an announcement is made by Zynga or an image surfaces of the next destination we will only be guessing.

Facebook’s Top Grossing Apps

Many people are curious as to how much money Zynga and/or Facebook generates from the apps and games. If you check the facebook appcenter you will find a list of ‘Top Grossing’ Apps with the most in-app purchases.

The top 20 ‘Top Grossing’ Apps are as follows;

Rank Application Monthly Active Players
1 ZyngaPoker 34 million players
2 FarmVille 21 million players
3 CastleVille 20 million players
4 CityVille 32 million players
5 DoubleDown Casino 4.8 million players
6 Slotomania 7 million players
7 The Pioneer Trail 2.9 million players
8 Hidden Chronicles 18 million players
9 Cafe World 3.4 million players
10 Zynga Slingo 15 million players
11 Battle Pirates 1 million players
12 The Sims Social 15 million players
13 Avengers Alliance 9.2 million players
14 Bubble Witch Saga 20 million players
15 Games By GSN 5.2 million players
16 War Commander 1.4 million players
17 Mafia Wars 1.4 million players
18 Bingo Blitz 3 million players
19 Candy Crush Saga 11 million players
20 Gardens Of Time 4 million players
     

Facebook App Center Top Grossing Games 1Facebook App Center Top Grossing Games 2Facebook App Center Top Grossing Games 3

Zynga has 9 games that made the top 20. Mafia Wars is the 9th of those Zynga games. With this information we can reasonably assume that Zynga Poker, Farmville, CastleVille, CityVille, Pioneer Trail, Hidden Chronicles, Cafe World, and Zynga Slingo ALL generate more revenue for Zynga than Mafia Wars does.

Mafia Wars players could argue that there is a greater percentage of Mafia Wars players who spend money on this game as opposed to the percentage of paying players in the other games. With the ever declining player base of Mafia Wars that percentage number of paying players should rise. Even if that percentage of paying players in Mafia Wars does rise it DOES NOT mean that Mafia Wars will make more revenue from the game.

In order for Mafia Wars to make more money for Zynga there needs to be one of a few things happen. Thos things include;

  1. Increase The Player Base. Even us free playing players might buy an occasional gift card. If nothing else it could generate more advertising revenue.
  2. Get those who do pay for things in Mafia Wars to spend even more money on the game. This is risky because Zynga might push some of those players away from the game also.
  3. Generate more advertising revenue. Again, if the player base continues to decline advertisers may not want to advertise in the game.

This game will survive for a while. That is as long as it is generating enough revenue. But IT IS NO LONGER a priority for Zynga to continue to try and make this game fun and enjoyable for everyone. It is obvious that Zynga IS nickel and diming the hell out of those who spend money on this game.

IF Zynga wanted to keep this game strong and vibrant with players they would stop listening to ALL the bad ideas for and about this game. They would do more to keep ALL players playing the game and NOT JUST THE VIP PLAYERS! Zynga should realize that even us FREE PLAYERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT to them!

The bottom line is for Mafia Wars is that this games bottom-line will continue to decline as the player base continues to decline!

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