Farmville Loses 4 Million Players in April

[ethan22122]

i've never played farmville, but from the sound of this it's crap.

 

[Sir Kemper]

Could it possibly have anything to do with...this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Now people can go outside! Now people can make lives! Now people can get real friends! Now people can get into relationships!!

Or stay inside and play something worthwhile!!

 

[FinalGamer]

Oh dear....they have to sell the farm. ;D

 

[PieMaker]

I'm not really all that surprised. Zynga decided to take a gamble and hope their player-base would follow them out of Facebook. What they thought was that everyone went to Facebook for them, but they need to learn that people go to a social site to talk to friends and only use Farmville to kill time.

Zynga didn't leave facebook yet. The player base decreased because of changes on facebook, not on farmville. What the article failed to say was that facebook itself lost close to 4 million users due to the changes, which subsequently leads to leaving farmville.

 

[foxtrot3100]

Its important to remember that casual gamers aren't loyal to anyone. They find something to do for awhile until they get bored, or the popularity passes. It happened with guitar hero/rock band and that was a kick ass game series. It won't be too much longer before the farmville bubble bursts.

 

[Berithil]

Ugh, I hate that game, if it even can be called a game. I don't even see the appeal to it. I hope some of those people who left realized how much of a waste of time it is and remembered that they actually do have lives....

says the guy on a online video game website

 

[13thforswarn]

Good to hear. No sympathy for them other than the lowly employees who could get laid off.

 

[tombman888]

Maybe people are trying to plant real stuff since the weather is getting nicer.

i know i am, i have a real garden with cucumbers, watermelon, and lots of lovely stuff

 

[conchshellthegeek7]

I think the economic crisis had something to do with it.

 

[SimuLord]

Headline should read, "Spammer gets fewer responses when spam becomes harder to send, news at 11"

My thoughts exactly. Take away the means by which people can deliberately piss off their friends and the temptation to do it goes away. But that also means fewer people annoyed into playing.

 

[Digikid]

Good.

The less facebook games the BETTER.

 

[AboveUp]

I don't think we need to talk about the quality of the game or how much it's users really like it after this. If the users really liked the game, they would've kept on playing, spam or no spam.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Maybe people are trying to plant real stuff since the weather is getting nicer.

Ew, outdoors.

OT: This makes me approve of Facebook slightly more.

Slightly.

 

[Insomniaku]

Maybe people are trying to plant real stuff since the weather is getting nicer.

i know i am, i have a real garden with cucumbers, watermelon, and lots of lovely stuff

^this ^_^

 

[Klarinette]

Maybe people have finally realized what a waste of time it is, and they've seen how psychotic their fellow Farmville players become over the damn thing. The invites, the stupid pictures, the countless status updates about their farm and how they need things for it... insanity.

 

[Dexiro]

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. My faith in humanity is slowly being restored.

 

[Jubilant]

Good.

The less facebook games the BETTER.

I thought facebook was supposed to be so people can stay in touch with friends/family/next door neighbors. Not playing more 'games' than talking to people. [Hell, the only time I ever go on farmville is if Tetris isn't working.] Even then.

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Badum-tss. Nice.

 

[Robby Foxfur]

hahahah there is a god! there is a god! sorry i hate farm-ville and any other villes that there are, the need to go away.