Comments on: FishVille Gets Millions of Users in First Week, But Sees Slower Growth Than Past Zynga Titles http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/13/fishville-gets-millions-of-users-in-first-week-but-slower-growth-than-past-zynga-titles/ 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: Eric von Coelln http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/13/fishville-gets-millions-of-users-in-first-week-but-slower-growth-than-past-zynga-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-9658 Eric von Coelln Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:47:40 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=8480#comment-9658 Point taken and definitely tried to resolve some of that as the DAU data is a bit unclear as is the extent of the shut-down. The game appears to have been shut down from noon PT on the 8th to 4:32 AM PT on the 10th (there is no confirmation if it was down this whole time between those times, these are just the application wall postings and Mr. Arrington's assertions on Tech Crunch). The game had barely begun to be out there on the 8th and you can see the DAU doesn't show any numbers till the 9th (the fact that there is a DAU number at all on the 9th suggests that the app must have been available for some period of time). But it is clear - from first-hand experience - the game was completely running on full cylinders and accessible in the early hours of the 10th (where the DAU actually show a decline). As I acknowledged in the post, whatever the effects of the shut-down, FishVille was likely to be heavily promoted and it seems to be on pace with Cafe World. After 8 days: * Cafe World at 5.3 million DAU * FishVille (from the 10th) at 5.0 million DAU Regardless of whether a record or not, reaching 5 million daily active users in a little over a week is pretty impressive. Point taken and definitely tried to resolve some of that as the DAU data is a bit unclear as is the extent of the shut-down. The game appears to have been shut down from noon PT on the 8th to 4:32 AM PT on the 10th (there is no confirmation if it was down this whole time between those times, these are just the application wall postings and Mr. Arrington’s assertions on Tech Crunch). The game had barely begun to be out there on the 8th and you can see the DAU doesn’t show any numbers till the 9th (the fact that there is a DAU number at all on the 9th suggests that the app must have been available for some period of time). But it is clear – from first-hand experience – the game was completely running on full cylinders and accessible in the early hours of the 10th (where the DAU actually show a decline).

As I acknowledged in the post, whatever the effects of the shut-down, FishVille was likely to be heavily promoted and it seems to be on pace with Cafe World.

After 8 days:
* Cafe World at 5.3 million DAU
* FishVille (from the 10th) at 5.0 million DAU

Regardless of whether a record or not, reaching 5 million daily active users in a little over a week is pretty impressive.

]]> By: EVCin » FishVille Growth Hitting Stride but Pace is Slower Than Past Zynga Titles http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/13/fishville-gets-millions-of-users-in-first-week-but-slower-growth-than-past-zynga-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-9469 EVCin » FishVille Growth Hitting Stride but Pace is Slower Than Past Zynga Titles Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:18:35 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=8480#comment-9469 [...] more of the analysis on InsideSocialGames.com // November 14th, 2009 | Tags: Advertising, Fish Sim Games, FishVille, Playfish, Zynga | [...] [...] more of the analysis on InsideSocialGames.com // November 14th, 2009 | Tags: Advertising, Fish Sim Games, FishVille, Playfish, Zynga | [...]

]]> By: Er, not quite right http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/13/fishville-gets-millions-of-users-in-first-week-but-slower-growth-than-past-zynga-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-9467 Er, not quite right Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:04 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=8480#comment-9467 Well, keep in mind that FishVille was shut down for 3 out of those 5 days you're referring to. If you only start counting from when the game wasn't a blank page, they've gotten about 5 million users in two days. New record. Well, keep in mind that FishVille was shut down for 3 out of those 5 days you’re referring to. If you only start counting from when the game wasn’t a blank page, they’ve gotten about 5 million users in two days. New record.

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