SEC Filing Reveals Details of Zynga's Relationship With Facebook 53
bizwriter writes with an article in bnet. From the article "An amended S-1 filing for Zynga's eventual IPO offers details of its relationship to Facebook. There's plenty of interesting stuff there in the open, but some partially redacted sections hint at why Zynga is so dependent on Facebook as a channel to get to its market — and why Facebook doesn't deploy its own games."
It appears that Zynga is allowed to get away with quite a bit thanks to all of the ad revenue they bring in for Facebook. Who has the upper hand in this relationship?
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I've seen forums that are far less geek-elitist than slashdot, talk about facebook as the new AOL.
Such as? And please link to the posts as well.
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I've seen forums that are far less geek-elitist than slashdot, talk about facebook as the new AOL.
Such as? And please link to the posts as well.
Just go to AOL keyword: Facebook
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Or that people who do know about computers *have* to use to support their customers/friends/family.
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Says who?
I don't use it and I know plenty about computers. If you are my friend or family you can call me, contact me via skype or one of many chat protocols and email. If you are a customer you have my email and business phone number.
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No Kidding.
I get plenty of crap all day long about why I am not on Facebook and have not "friended" them. The fact I have to even use Skype is bothersome to me. There were others that were worse that indicated if you were idle based on keyboard and mouse movement.
Seriously, screw that noise.
You have my email and a phone number. That's good enough.
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its a company that makes a series of web based games for people that are unable to install the sims or civ due to their stupidity
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So you're saying that people who know about computers are anti-social? Talk about captain obvious.
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Tough words coming from a pasty lardass who can only leave his parent's basement through the help of a forklift.
Re:What's Zynga? (Score:4, Insightful)
Tough words coming from a pasty lardass who can only leave his parent's basement through the help of a forklift.
That's just silly. How is a forklift supposed to fit through the door to the basement and navigate the stairs?
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How is a forklift supposed to fit through the door to the basement and navigate the stairs?
It's attached to a "new" Dalek.
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Don't mind GP, he's just a troll. We're just waiting for him to get bored with the site.
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Aww, it's so cute how riled up you get over my posts.
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So intelligent people are anti-social, too? I guess I would also include snarky AC's.
Contracts (Score:1)
Is it really surprise that a large revenue generator for Facebook also has special contracts with Facebook? This is how it works everywhere.
Facebook and Zynga? (Score:4, Funny)
Zygna and Facebook (Score:5, Funny)
This just in:
Zuckerberg is the bitch in the relationship.
Re:Zygna and Facebook (Score:5, Insightful)
This just in:
Zuckerberg is the bitch in the relationship.
For now.
But Zynga is in control only so long as Facebook needs that revenue. The moment they don't, Zynga will find itself on the wrong end of a TOS change.
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Is Facebook going to let Zynga move everyone over to Google+? The game data is all on Zynga, I would think. It would be a bit of a coding challenge, and it would depend on the Google+ API, but FB cannot risk forcing a big source of income walk over to Google+, where it would help move users.
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Can they stop it anyway, though? I'd be surprised if Zynga wasn't already working on a Google+ API version of their most lucrative games.
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This just in:
Zuckerberg is the bitch in the relationship.
This just in: You're clueless. There's a horde of Zynga clones willing to take Zynga's place on Facebook.
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Zygna games *are* the clones
I never said they weren't. I'm well aware of the articles on the scummy origin of Zynga, including how the owner screamed at his developer not to innovate, and just copy, because he wasn't smart enough, or something to that effect.
hey just duplicated what others had done and pushed them harder (and maybe improved them slightly..
Which is exactly what the clones of a clone will do, too.
No Farmville on Google+ (Score:2)
So Zynga can't put Farmville on Google+. Zynga can create a separate subsidiary to do Google+ games. They can't interoperate with games on Facebook, though.
Zynga even has to cut Facebook in on sales of Zynga's gift cards. But they get a [redacted] discount on Facebook's "credits".
Re:No Farmville on Google+ (Score:5, Insightful)
So Zynga can't put Farmville on Google+.
No Farmville on Google+? If there's a better advertisement/reason than this to switch from Facebook to Google+, I don't know what it is
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Like.
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I blocked their apps so long ago I barely even remember what their spam looks like...
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If anything, effort should be expended to extract maximum taxes from them while they exist, considering how they contribute nothing to the betterment of society.
In that case, tax all arms manufacturers 100% of their profit and put the fuckers out of business.
Zynga games, just say no. (Score:2)
Curious IPO... (Score:3)
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