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Playfish Overview
Playfish is a social games company that develops and publishes video games on social networks like Facebook.
Founded in October 2007 by casual and mobile games veterans and backed by Accel Ventures and $4M in funding, we believe games are more fun when played with friends and family. So we are working on combining the best elements of casual games, social networks, MMOGs and virtual worlds to...More»
Playfish is a social games company that develops and publishes video games on social networks like Facebook.
Founded in October 2007 by casual and mobile games veterans and backed by Accel Ventures and $4M in funding, we believe games are more fun when played with friends and family. So we are working on combining the best elements of casual games, social networks, MMOGs and virtual worlds to create entirely new, more social ways of enjoying great games together.
Playfish is headquartered in London, UK with offices in Beijing, China and Tromsø, Norway.«Less
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| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 03/2008 | Seed | 3M | Unknown | |
| 07/2008 | Series A | 1M | Unknown |
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08/21/2008 11:04AM by ryean
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Bulls vs. Bears (5)
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as long as they continue to expand their tests people will continue to play their games! |
pdizzlle 08/26/2008 |
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100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Social network casual games are super popular and viral |
tburger 06/27/2008 |
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80% 5 votes 4 20% 1 |
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They claim to have 6MM players playing 100MM games per month |
tburger 06/27/2008 |
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100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
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I like their games, but will advertising be enough to cover development costs?
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hsienhui 06/30/2008 |
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75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
They are monetizing now with premium features
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ryean | 07/27/2008 | |
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Their games are largely single player games with SOME social features added on. |
ryean 07/24/2008 |
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100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Playfish Games are Very Addictive
- Started by: mkr2x
- Date: Jun 27, 2008
- Comments: 2
- Last Comment: 2 months ago
Is a good product and platform enough to make a company successful? Can they leverage their appeal and turn it into revenue?
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Playfish Games are Very Addictive
Jun 27, 2008 - 2 comments
I love playing these games on Facebook. They are defintely addictive and keep me coming back.
Is a good product and platform enough to make a company successful? Can they leverage their appeal and turn it into revenue?
There are a number of companies that offer advertising in facebook apps and widgets. If they build great games to attract the eyeballs, I'm sure they can be turned into revenue.
They definitely get eyeballs but the ad is very not intrusive right now. They are really nice games but ultimately I think they are not inherently social, and therefore not leveraging the potential of the social network. Very nice games though, and they just started charging to go "Pro Player" and I'm sure people are paying up to unlock features.
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