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)."

Re:Hardcore Gaming is dying

[jgagnon]

What about "Counter Strike: Cooking Mama Edition"?

Re:Social games

[h4rm0ny]

Well you nailed it when you put quote marks around "less profitable". 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, that it's more valuable than other things they could do with their time. In either case, I can see why some would be concerned about such a person.

Personally, I can't put it any better than a friend of mine who uses Facebook put it when she said: "I get a message off this guy. He's a grown man. He's in his thirties. And he wants me to send him an onion."

Re:Hardcore Gaming is dying

[delinear]

You don't understand what he means by shooting a real cow with a bazooka. The cow has the bazooka.

Re:Social games

[flanders123]

it actually is a product for dumb people, with lot of time to waste and no sense of worth.

coincidentally, the target democratic is extremely profitable.

...Which is a dumber waste of time:

A) Playing FarmVille
B) Commenting in a news site about an article about FarmVille. Anonymously.

I vote for C) Commenting about a comment about an article about FarmVille. I hate myself.

Re:Social games

[VoiceInTheDesert]

Not a shocking statement from a man justifying breaking up the most successful band in history to get high with Yoko Ono.

Re:Hardcore Gaming is dying

[bluie-]

The dough has been planted

Re:Social games

[Anonymous Coward]

like you have control of the games you play ... ha.