O'Brien: 2011 was a disappointing year for IPOs, but is it a crisis?
O'Brien: 2011 was a disappointing year for IPOs, but is it a crisis?
The company gave a sneak peek at some new games that included CastleVille, Hidden Chronicles and Mafia Wars 2. (Gary Reyes / Mercury News) The IPO market just ain't what is used to be. On that, just about everyone in Silicon Valley can agree.
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Clones, Schmones: Buffalo Studios, Nimblebit's jabs at Zynga garner publicity …
The past month has proved that indie developers like Imangi Studios can nail freemium in more than casual sim or mafia games too. Mafia Wars and Mob Wars: Launched in August of 2008, Mafia Wars triggered one of the several lawsuits Zynga went on to …
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Investors Don't Get Zynga
We really don't know if Zynga will be able to keep its popularity growing, as proven by the failure of Mafia Wars 2 to gain traction after the original Mafia Wars was a hit. The NPD data doesn't tell us anything that we didn't already know.
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