Does anyone still play farmville

But Farmville was by far the most compelling and successful. From it's start in , explosion in , and by , some million people were playing worldwide, by conservative estimates. But then the game's allure began to fade, and by Zynga was faced with losing money, and players.

In September of that year, they laid off half with workforce. Some of this was due to them buying other games and concepts that didn't pay off According to panteres. Today, fewer than half of that million are still playing, and the numbers continue to dwindle. Despite a CNN report in that claimed millions still play, a quick survey we did indicated nobody we know still plays. According to technobuffalo. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read.

Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. FarmVille -- yes, that FarmVille -- is buying the farm at the end of Harvest those crops soon, because the original addictive Facebook game is shutting down. Gael Fashingbauer Cooper.

Farewell, Farmville. But mockable or no, it changed the gaming world. Within six months, FarmVille reportedly reached 73 million monthly users , making it far and away the most popular game on Facebook. It made both Facebook and Zynga a ton of money in the process and laid out a template that future games could follow.

Ars' own Kyle Orland even wrote a book about it way back in By , however, Zynga's dominance had waned. The company still makes dozens of games , including some licensed products, for mobile, Facebook, and the Web, but FarmVille , Words with Friends , and other popular Facebook gaming titles proved to operate mostly as fads.