Zynga biggest social game loser, winner in 2012 December 20, 2012 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Berlin, Germany-based Facebook application metrics provider AppStats has done some analysis of the top social games in 2012, and noticed that Zynga is both the biggest loser and the biggest winner of the year, The Next Web reports. The company found that Zynga has ‘lost’ over 19 million daily active users in the course of this year, spread over 7 games. On the other hand, Zynga’s Farmville 2 game is also the biggest gainer of 2012 with over 8.5 million new daily active users since its release. AppStats also saw quite a few fresh developers introduced to the list of biggest gainers in 2012. Candy Crush Saga from UK-based King.com takes the second spot in that list, after Zynga’s Farmville 2, with an increase of 6.9 million daily active players this year. Yesterday, AppStats also crowned King.com the social gaming king of the year. Adventure game Dragon City from Spanish developer Social Point, founded in 2008, ranks third with 4.6 million daily active users gained over the course of this year. SongPop, a popular game by fledgling developer Freshplanet, has also managed to attract a large following in 2012 and ranks sixth on the list of biggest gainers of the year. Rovio’s Angry Birds Friends also made it to the top 10, with a ninth place. Looking at the biggest losers of 2012, Zynga’s presence in the ranking is quite notable. It’s been a terrible year for the company in many ways, and it won’t help that the top 3 spots in the list of biggest losers of 2012 in terms of daily active user decrease are reserved for CityVille, CastleVille and FarmVille. All in all, Zynga games take 7 of the 10 spots in the top losers table with total losses accumulating to over 19.1 million in the top ten. As AppStats notes in its report, Zynga is mostly challenging itself: the drops in daily active players come predominantly from games like CityVille and Farmville, both of which have gotten a sequel in 2012. According to AppStats, Electronic Arts game The Sims Social ranks as the fourth biggest loser of 2012 with a total loss of 2.4 million daily active users. Games from Playdom and Tetris Online round out the top ten.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
