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FarmVille Now Worth More Than EA
tekgoblin writes "Zynga, the creators of the popular hit Facebook game FarmVille, should be happy today as the company's worth has passed that of EA (Electronic Arts)."
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Well, they already have the gangsters.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
There is alot more strategy to Civ III then Farmville.
Just for a bit of context, this "shocking" business model is imported from South Korea, where pre-pay cards and promotions for Space Rabbit Teeny Witch Bikini Adventures have shared the behind-the-counter space with cigarettes, fizzy-rice-pisswater and rotgut for at least 5 years.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
The question is whether someone values their time so little that spending it playing farmville rates more highly, or whether they rate farmville so highly
You (and many others) seem to be under the mistaken impression that playing farmville every day takes more than about 15 minutes. It's not some big imaginary planet where you have to take weeks walking around completing sheep-shaving quests or something.
It's actually called Redneck Rampage.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Is nobody going to chime in and point out that Zynga is in the business of stealing the work of others, changing a few tiny features, and then claiming it as their own? Their CEO even said, "I don't fucking want innovation."
Read on here.
WoW generally requires some skill and practice. Farmville doesn't.