Evening Metaverse

[Aug 24, 2012, 6:17 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

As Zynga stock price plummets, company hemorrhaging top talent.

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Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 26, 2012, 08:06

BIGtrouble77

Believe it or not, it takes quite a bit of skill to code games at the level Zynga can. Blame the execs and game designers for their lack of originality, not the devs. I was being courted by them a few months ago. They contacted me about a week before the stock fraud stories came out. I had no interest whatsoever in leaving my current kush job to go work for a company with a tainted reputation, legal trouble at the highest levels and notorious for demanding, but not paying, OT. And they tried to sell it all as a dream job making video games. Maybe I would have gone for that at 22, but not now.

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Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 20:02

Julio

But aren't they the future in gaming?

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Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 18:58

Fantaz

Even though their stock may not be good, apparently they are making more money now than ever.

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Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 16:46

Bet

Quboid wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 15:06: Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 18:30: How top of a talent do you need to be in order to make crap like Farmville? You're missing the point. They made a fortune from crap like Farmville - that takes talent. Their talent clearly isn't in making games, it is in making money from shit games and this is what they're losing. Never forget www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96024-Zynga-CEO-Admits-to-Being-a-Scammer

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 15:06

Quboid

Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 18:30:
How top of a talent do you need to be in order to make crap like Farmville?

You're missing the point. They made a fortune from crap like Farmville - that takes talent. Their talent clearly isn't in making games, it is in making money from shit games and this is what they're losing.




"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 06:08

eRe4s3r

Yeah, the headline talks about top executive and managerial talent So... talent is not just a generous word

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 25, 2012, 04:03

netnerd85

Some call it "Karma", get what you give

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 24, 2012, 22:45

Silicon Avatar

Maybe investors will finally figure out that the "I'm bored at work" market isn't all that lucrative.

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 24, 2012, 20:35

jdreyer

As Zynga stock price plummets, company hemorrhaging top plagiarizers.

Title fixed.

Edit: apologies to anyone on the site who works for Zynga, but I really can't stand their practices.




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About time

Aug 24, 2012, 19:55

NoyzRulz

I suspect this newer business model of giving people the game for free and then charging as much as 99 bucks for in game items is due to die thanks to the greed of these companies. I bought all 3 Angry Birds for 99 cents and have had countless hours of fun. Had they stuck to giving you lots of in game items for an occasional buck then I would not mind at all. Look at games like My Town 2. I refuse to even install any of these games with ridiculous pricing anymore.

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 24, 2012, 19:33

Bet

Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 18:30: How top of a talent do you need to be in order to make crap like Farmville? 'Talent' is definitely a generous word in this headline.

Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 24, 2012, 18:36

Cutter

If they were talented at all the company wouldn't be dying.




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Re: Evening Metaverse

Aug 24, 2012, 18:30

Silicon Avatar

How top of a talent do you need to be in order to make crap like Farmville?

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