All Hail The Sims Social

September 12, 2011 -

Electronic Arts has been gunning for Zynga the day it acquired social games maker Playfish, and today Zynga is getting a wake-up call. For the very first time, EA has created a game that is capable of taking the top spot from Zynga's Farmville.. maybe. The Sims Social now has around 36 million monthly active users, according to AppData. The game has achieved these numbers a month after its launch.

The Sims Social has held the top spot as the fastest growing application on Facebook for more than a week as well, with the game picking up an impressive 1.7 million new users on Sunday. Last week the game raked in 8.3 million new users as well. Zynga’s Farmville now has 35.7 million monthly active users.

Perhaps EA has finally found the secret formula for competing against games such as Farmville, Cityville and other Zynga games: branding. With so many familiar IP's at its disposal, EA actually might have a fighting chance against a game as big as Farmville. Of course using only the most recognizable IP's is that secret ingredient to this formula..

(Slight correction: We mistakenly wrote EA acquired Playdom in an earlier version of the story. We've corrected the story.)

Source: VentureBeat

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Re: All Hail The Sims Social

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 16:42.

No conclusion, just an observation:

Six characters in the pic. Three guys, three gals.

One girl is wearing a crop top, one a bra and unzipped leather jacket, and one a shirt with an extreme plunging neckline.

One guy is wearing a t-shirt, one a buttoned, collared shirt, and one a collared shirt with the top two buttons open.

Andrew Eisen

Re: All Hail The Sims Social

Submitted by SeanB on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 20:32.

take a quick look at the actual game, and you'l see why that matters a little less than 1%. People are playing this game because the social aspects, the design aspects, and the advancement paths are actually fun (if you're into that kind of thing)

I played it for a couple weeks, but got bored. Your expected to almost constantly spam your friends list with shit, which i don't like to do.

Re: All Hail The Sims Social

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 20:45.

I have no interest in the game so I won't be taking a look at it. I'm not judging or making a statement, just an observation that I found amusing.

Andrew Eisen

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prh99: Also there is no story in rational and respectful discussion (where you can find it).10/19/2014 - 10:44am

prh99: Well they are probably doing it on Twitter and probably the GG hashtag so any voice reason gets drowned out by idiocy. Also it's far easier to broad brush a group.10/19/2014 - 10:41am

Wonderkarp: dont fool yourself, Technogeek. Remember Mass Effect 3? How about the ferver against Phil Fish?10/19/2014 - 10:18am

MechaTama31: None of which is the fault or responsibility of the people who are not trolling, harassing, threatening, doxxing, etc. So why is their opinion hostage to the people who are?10/19/2014 - 10:06am

Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am

Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm

Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm

Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm

Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm

Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm

Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm

Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm

Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm

ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm

MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm

Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm

MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am

Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am

quiknkold: and we dont have a Dovakin to call a cease fire10/17/2014 - 7:37pm

quiknkold: The whole thing is Futile. Both sides are so buried deep in their trenchs that there isnt a conversation. Its just Finger Pointing, Name Calling, Doxxing, Threats. there needs to be a serious conversation, and GG isnt it.10/17/2014 - 7:37pm

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