Topic: 2014-01-04 Coindesk: Games Giant Zynga Starts Playing With Bitcoin (Read 810 times)
It's about time! Wish I woulda emailed them with my referral link, haha.
January 04, 2014, 03:49:04 PM
Please, please, please let them get Zynga bitcoin poker.
It will be like a sushi buffet - all you can eat fresh fish. Yummy.
It will be like a sushi buffet - all you can eat fresh fish. Yummy.
January 04, 2014, 02:56:20 PM
You might want to read this over at ars technica:
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/01/ars-deathwatch-2014-companies-on-the-edge-of-relevance/2/ (scroll down a bit.)
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/01/ars-deathwatch-2014-companies-on-the-edge-of-relevance/2/ (scroll down a bit.)
ArsTechnica: "Dishonorable mention: Bitcoin". WTF? Yet another "Bitcoin is a passing fad that's about to die down"? Again? You'd think they should learn something by now, but....
January 04, 2014, 02:52:14 PM
You might want to read this over at ars technica:
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/01/ars-deathwatch-2014-companies-on-the-edge-of-relevance/2/ (scroll down a bit.)
Money quote:
The number of people playing Zynga’s games on a monthly basis has dropped by 57 percent from last year—as older games lost players, newer games failed to make up the difference. That means fewer farmers buying virtual things, and in the first three quarters of 2013, Zynga’s revenue was only 64 percent of what it brought in during the same time period in 2012.
It seems more like a move to jump on the bandwagon of something that is "hot" so they can try to gain relevance again. Good luck. And by "good luck" I really mean "die in a fire". I detest in-game purchase monetization strategies. The whole "Freemium" trend needs to die.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/01/ars-deathwatch-2014-companies-on-the-edge-of-relevance/2/ (scroll down a bit.)
Money quote:
The number of people playing Zynga’s games on a monthly basis has dropped by 57 percent from last year—as older games lost players, newer games failed to make up the difference. That means fewer farmers buying virtual things, and in the first three quarters of 2013, Zynga’s revenue was only 64 percent of what it brought in during the same time period in 2012.
It seems more like a move to jump on the bandwagon of something that is "hot" so they can try to gain relevance again. Good luck. And by "good luck" I really mean "die in a fire". I detest in-game purchase monetization strategies. The whole "Freemium" trend needs to die.
January 04, 2014, 02:45:49 PM
http://www.coindesk.com/games-giant-zynga-playing-bitcoin/
Quote
Social gaming giant Zynga has announced that it will be accepting bitcoin for in-app payments in selected games, as a “test” with payment processor BitPay. The move opens up $200m per quarter in potential markets for the digital currency.
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