Comments on: Playfish Joins the Facebook Farming Fray with its Latest Game, Country Story http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/ Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kellychua http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-39349 kellychua Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:25:53 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-39349 i want to join now i want to join now

]]> By: kellychua http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-39348 kellychua Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:25:11 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-39348 i want to join i want to join

]]> By: Top 25 Facebook Games for April 2010 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-15311 Top 25 Facebook Games for April 2010 Mon, 03 May 2010 14:53:21 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-15311 [...] behind the newcomer, TallTree Games and Playfish titles make to the Top 25 with Fish World and Country Story earning just over 4.3 and just under 4.3 million monthly active users respectively. To dig [...] [...] behind the newcomer, TallTree Games and Playfish titles make to the Top 25 with Fish World and Country Story earning just over 4.3 and just under 4.3 million monthly active users respectively. To dig [...]

]]> By: monica http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7901 monica Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-7901 mesecito ayuda con mi juego ,no puedo entrar a jugar ayuda por favor y contestar a mi correo gracias que tengo que hacer. mesecito ayuda con mi juego ,no puedo entrar a jugar ayuda por favor y contestar a mi correo gracias que tengo que hacer.

]]> By: Green Patch Goes Farming, Releases (Lil) Farm Life on Facebook http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-6976 Green Patch Goes Farming, Releases (Lil) Farm Life on Facebook Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:31:39 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-6976 [...] long time veterans for the overall #1 spot on the Facebook gaming charts. Next came Playfish with Country Story, and so it’s only a matter of time before yet another major social game developer joined the [...] [...] long time veterans for the overall #1 spot on the Facebook gaming charts. Next came Playfish with Country Story, and so it’s only a matter of time before yet another major social game developer joined the [...]

]]> By: Giff http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/playfish-joins-the-facebook-farming-fray-with-its-latest-game-country-story/comment-page-1/#comment-6668 Giff Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:16:14 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5656#comment-6668 One big difference with Country Story that I appreciate is they Playfish doesn't make you quite the same slave to the clock as other farming games, because your plants don't die if you can't pick them within a short time window. Country Story appears to have the most deliberate monetization design built into it of the Playfish games -- they've dangled premium virtual goods and incentives to buy playfish "cash" more explicitly in front of the player. Like you, I would like to see Playfish open up their design ethos to allow more interactions between non-friends in their various games. One big difference with Country Story that I appreciate is they Playfish doesn’t make you quite the same slave to the clock as other farming games, because your plants don’t die if you can’t pick them within a short time window.

Country Story appears to have the most deliberate monetization design built into it of the Playfish games — they’ve dangled premium virtual goods and incentives to buy playfish “cash” more explicitly in front of the player.

Like you, I would like to see Playfish open up their design ethos to allow more interactions between non-friends in their various games.

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