Re: Farmville
 

1) Farmville makes an incredible amount of money.

2) Farmville took about 6 months to get 50 million players

3) Farmville has more than 30 million players a day.

Re: Farmville
 

I guess you can use money to buy FB credits? I haven't really looked into it. I got some "free" credits after doing a few tests and read something about using a creditcard to buy credits. But I won't bother with these credits, let alone pay real money to obtain them...

Re: Farmville
 

Facebook as a tool is actually a useful system. It's the way that some people use it that sucks.

Farmville, on the other hand, does indeed suck.

Re: Farmville
 

:agreed:

Re: Farmville
 

Oh dude you should totally make a group called that!
We could all "Like" it!

Re: Farmville
 

I played it a while ago. There was a dual currency system - coins and FV Cash (or something). Coins could be used to buy minor things, like more crops, and was earned through harvesting crops.

Cash was earned by advancing in level, or by buying it with real money. Cash could be used to advance major steps (ie expand your farm, buy advanced tools).

Then there's the social involvement. To expand your farm, you either need to get a number of friends playing, or buy it with real money. Most people did both.

Re: Farmville
 

Ah, hmm. Sounds rather time consuming.

Re: Farmville
 

Sure.

1) Time-consuming product
2) Addictive social atmosphere
3) Micro-transactions
4) Profit!!!!!!! ($300million+ a year)

Re: Farmville
 

all of my friends are non-gamers, but they all play farmville. it's better than nothing.

Re: Farmville
 

It's simply because people who are 'non-gamers' think that real RTS' and browser games are sad. However they do indeed like the whole expanding leveling up system so when presented with one which is not classed as nerdy or anything they love it.

plus it's sad to pay for farmville.