Penny For The Poor – ZNGA Stocks On The Slide

 

Is it time to revive the Save Zynga Charity Fund Raising? Zynga’a stocks continue to mimic the dropping DAU and breaking record lows. Zynga (ZNGA) share prices are skirting below $5.00 per share today.

Images above are from finance.yahoo.com (ZNGA)

We were warned not to buy into Zynga’s stocks before the the initial IPO.

“they warn that the combination of the company’s dependence on the Facebook platform, low earnings relative to the industry, and indications that the company may be past its peak, make this stock a risky investment for long-term investors.” [Sources Include: Forbes & Reuters DECEMBER 14, 2011 BY DAVID ANGOTTI]

And today the following is being reported from wallstcheatsheet.com;

With all of Zynga’s record lows, as of late, many investors and application users of Zynga’s are beginning to wonder if their money and time are going down the toilet.

The light at the end of the tunnel for Zynga could be their push for legalized online gambling in addition to move more towards mobile apps. Both concepts would free Zynga from the contract that ties Zynga’s online gaming to Facebook through 2015. Ultimately, Zynga would be more perceived as a ‘stand alone’ company as opposed to the company’s current perception of being dependant upon Facebook.

Zynga has already launched Zynga.com where six of their games can be played without going to Facebook. These games being CastleVille, Words With Friends, Bubble Safari, Hidden Chronicles and Zynga’s top 2 games CityVille and Texas Hold’Em Poker.

Once Zynga loses it’s Facebook connection the company should (in theory) increase it’s profit margin. Although things might look bleak now for Zynga it can be said that “A Brighter Day Is Coming”. We just don’t know how much of that sunshine will fall on Mafia Wars.

Get A Free RP From Fuse And Social Vibe

Fuse and Social Vibe are giving away a free RP.

Just locate the above banner and click “Get Reward Points Now”.

You will be asked to watch 3 videos and to vote for your favorite.

The messed up thing is it shows you the results. When I took the survey to my free RP it showed the naked Britney Spears video was tied with the best song of the 3 (IMHO). That video was performed by Foster The People.

Either way you do get 1 free RP.

Zynga Nerfs Crate Contest With A Nerf

Leave it to Zynga and listening to too many whiners. They have nerfed the ‘Design Your Crate Contest’ and have released a new shortlisted survey. The new survey will be open from 11 June 2012 to 12 June 2012 11.59pm PST and can be found Here.

The nerfing happened because within the rules of the contest Zynga stated the following;

Submitting your theme
Have you thought of the theme? Get Started then.
Step 1: You could create the concept using the image editing tools or you could also describe the concept. For creating your crate, use Paint or PhotoShop or any other kind of image editing program, you have installed on your computer. Experiment with colors, concepts, items, or even accessories. You could also describe the concept.

The original survey shown one of the choices as a Jesus Christ Crate (Original survey shown below).

If you look at the new survey (Shown below) you will see the Jesus Christ Crate has been removed.

Really Zynga? Why did you remove the Jesus Christ Crate selection? Because it offended someone? Really? I’m sorry, but if the suggested Jesus Christ Crate offended you then why are you even playing a game that is all about crime, thievery, killing, stealing, etc? This game should offend you!

Then there’s the second nerf. And that is that jennichristie (who made the suggestion) now has a legitimate complaint. Jennichristie followed the rules, for one. In addition, if she (assuming Jennichristie is a she) has been determined to have not followed the rules then what is the difference between her suggested Jesus Christ Crate and the Russian Doll Crate?

Jesus Christ and his cross the ultimate power

My idea is a crate shaped like a Russian Doll... I dont have the skills to do decent artwork, but i am sure you can do that if you like the idea!

In fact, Jennichristie’s suggestion was more descriptive since it contained at least 1 loot suggestion. Shouldn’t both suggestions have been removed? Why not?

More City. Less Ville. – Sim City Social Set To Take Center Stage

Something NEW IS COMING! And….

If You Don’t Like Mafia Wars Then Go Play Sim City Social!

Ok, you can’t … yet. But, about the beginning of July you will be able to. That is about when the game is slated to go live. 

Check out the trailer;

If you visit Sim City Social On Facebook you can acquire 3 free gifts before the game is released.

Aside from Electronic Arts, some are expecting this game to rival some of Zynga’s top games. The following is from an article on SeekingAlpha.com;

SimCity Social Is Here, Is Zynga Gone?

By Matthew Kanterman

Electronic Arts (EA) announced yesterday at its press conference at E3 that it is releasing a social version of SimCity, known as SimCity Social, which is set to compete with one of Zynga's (ZNGA) mainstay games, Farmville, and subsequent games such as Cityville. SimCity Social will be available in about three weeks, says Lucy Bradshaw, Senior VP of Maxis, the unit that is responsible for the Sim series of games.

If successful, this new launch could significantly hurt Zynga, as it shows that the life-span of the first mover advantage into social games may quickly be going. SimCity is a brand that has a strong group of followers, and the migration of a large number of Farmville users to SimCity Social would be a death blow to Zynga. Last year, the Sims Social already attracted more monthly active users than any Zynga game, and SimCity Social may even overtake that. The question becomes, how many users will Zynga lose and how does it make up for this?

I agree that Sim City has a strong fan base, I being one of them. But, to claim that “Sims Social has more monthly active users than any Zynga game” is not apparently accurate. That is at least not on Facebook alone. 

On facebook The Sims Social has less than half the MAU as Texas Hold’em Poker and CityVille.

SimCity Social may have the potential to cut into the Zynga stronghold some, however. In 5 days the associated ‘Get Free Stuff’ app has 370,000 MAU. 

Electronic Arts needs to be careful because many fans of these social games are growing weary of them and the ploys and antics of the companies trying to make money off of them. If the game is playable at our leisure and we are not pounded with endless missions or items or, in this case, buildings that require the help of 100’s of friends or time clocks that we need to be there for night and day then this game could rise to the top of the AppData.com Leader Boards. The money will be there so please make the events ‘special’ again and not ‘constant’! Please grow the game and not drive it into the ground! Please allow the game to be fun and not a chore or burden! I’m talking to you too Zynga!

At least for now, there is something to be excited about and that is hopefully there will be ‘More City And Less Ville.”