Zynga announces massive layoffs; shutting down several studios
On Monday, Zynga announced an 18 percent reduction of its workforce, which AllThingsD.com says will affect over 520 workers. The publisher will also shut down offices located in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. One of those studios may be OMGPOP, which created the hit mobile game Draw Something. Zynga bought OMGPOP in 2012 for a whopping $200 million.
What happened? While Zynga has been moving forward with developing more games on mobile platforms, the drop-off of interest in its many web-based games has taken place faster than Zynga has previously anticipated. The company has already been shutting down a number of games that have seen their player base dwindle down, but now it looks like Zynga feels more drastic measures are needed.
Will these deep layoffs keep the company afloat? That remains to be seen, but it's clear that the Facebook-based game platform has seen better days and Zynga needs to branch out in order to succeed.
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slapshot101Posted:
Snowfl4k3z I had an account since like 2007. I agree Zynga needs to have more platforms other than fb.
They do, the make iOS games but that is about it. Too bad for all those workers that lose their job but they grew at too fast a rate to support the eventual decline in their services.
Snowfl4k3zPosted:
I had an account since like 2007. I agree Zynga needs to have more platforms other than fb.
WengrenPosted:
Thank goodness. I despise Zynga and their terrible games that fill up my notifications on Facebook with requests.
SwiftPosted:
I think this is kind of funny. when I think of mobile games. I think of someone making and running the game out of their bedroom not out o a multi national headquarters.
Anyways they deserve it for making really bad games in my opinion
Anyways they deserve it for making really bad games in my opinion
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