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You can see the video of the report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8376392.stm Would you spend £10 on a virtual sofa shaped like a pair of lips? It may sound like an extravagance but Kristian Segerstrale, chief executive of social gaming publisher Playfish, says they were a big hit when the company offered them as an optional extra to its online gaming customers. Unlike traditional console games publishers who command high prices for popular games (Modern Warfare 2: Call of Duty was £60 per copy in some outlets), Playfish has built its entire business model around relatively tiny micro-transactions. Anyone can play its games for free on social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace. Whether you are creating a virtual pet or setting up a restaurant, the basics cost nothing. For extra menu ingredients and special accessories however, players spend between 5 pence and £3. The secret is in sheer numbers. Analysts predicted 10 million global sales during the first two months following the release of Modern Warfare 2 (likely to be its peak) - Playfish has a monthly customer base of 60 million active players around the world. "It's free to play so what we try and do is get as many people engaged in the game as possible," explains Mr Segerstrale. "Then we try to maximise the number of those players that we can offer something interesting to - that they would be willing to pay money for." Now the company has caught the eye of an even bigger fish - gaming giant EA (maker of console kings like the FIFA football games and virtual world The Sims) snapped it up for $300m (£180m) in November 2009. It's free to play so what we try and do is get as many people engaged in the game as possible. Then we try to maximise the number of those players that we can offer something interesting to - that they would be willing to pay money for Kristian Segerstrale, Playfish Big hits The biggest games in its portfolio are Pet Society, where users interact via their virtual pets (this attracts 21 million players each month) and Restaurant City (18 million active players), where people run individual restaurants and in addition to inviting friends to dine there, they can put them on the staff. Who Has the Biggest Brain?, a quiz in which players compare their general knowledge scores, is not such a big hit, attracting just under 2 million monthly users. Around 80% of Playfish players are aged between 18 and 34 (a recent survey carried out in the US found the average adult video gamer to be 35) and the male/female divide is a fairly even split. The developers try to maintain their interest through constant updates. A successful game will have new features every week, explained developer Steve Shipton. "We recently created sticker albums, you could send stickers to your friends - that was a phenomenal success," he told BBC News. The world of social network gaming is a comparatively gentle one. Players are more likely to be growing crops and cooking dinners than slaying monsters and killing bad guys. Additionally players can only interact with others that are already their social networking "friends" - giving the experience a safer, more cosy perception. "The games are simple in the same way that a deck of cards or a board game is simple," says Mr Segerstrale. "The game play doesn't come from the object or the game itself - it's what it enables you to do with your friends. Whether that's competitions, expression(of feelings) or generally socialising in a games environment."
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Welcome to December's Wish Upon A Star!! This is your chance to own then fantastic PS items you can never seem to afford or can no longer find, its simple to take part in the thread, just read the following rules and enjoy!! 1. Before posting your wishes you must ensure that you meet the following: 20 Posts Minimum Active Member Of PSFC (This means regular login's to PSFC) Valid Facebook Link/Myspace Link 2. Post your wishlist in this thread. Try and keep it like the following. 1. Monster Doll 2. Cardboard Box 3. Rainbow Poo You can add any messages or text to your wishlist if you wish, but try and keep the area where you have the items your wishing for like above so its easy to read! Remember to make wishlists realistic and don't be over greedy! 3. Once you have posted your wishlist DON'T REPOST IT AGAIN!!A simple way to show off your Wishlist is to place a link in you siggie like this: Grant My Wishes @ Wish Upon A Star, See My Thread Here: http://www.pet-society...etc...etc..... 4. When a wish has been granted cross it off to make it easy for people to grant your wishes! 1. Monster Doll 2. Cardboard Box 3. Rainbow Poo Granted By Mr X 5. Don't just sit around waiting for your wishes to be granted, go grant wishes yourself, big or small every little helps!! By granting others wishes, your siggie is seen more (so more people could visit your wishlist), People are more likly to give to those who grant others wishes too!! 6. Most Of All...HAVE FUN!! PSFC Will Also Be Granting Loads Of Wishes!! Yes, during the whole week PSFC will be granting your wishes too, and loads of them! These will be marked with WISH GRANTED BY PSFC! So there really is that chance that you will get what your looking for!! So what are you waiting for? PSFC Wish Upon A Star is now officially OPEN until Monday 23:59pm (GMT) So get posting your wishes, and good luck to you all!
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You can win 10 Cash Coins everyweek here at PSFC just for being a active member this weeks winner is: Tromo3 And here is this weeks top ten users: 1 Tromo3 2 Chiaretta 3 clair a bell 4 myladyyawo 5 chay 6 glow88 7 dawnbrans 8 lea75 9 Lucky Strike 10 obbyz If you want to take part then just be active on the forums, you can see all the details here: http://www.petsociety.forumotion.com/the-cafe-f3/win-10-cash-coins-everyweek-t5453-60.htm#168455 NEXT WEEK IS YOUR LAST CHANCE FOR THE 10 CASH COINS PRIZE, THE WEEK AFTER WE WILL CHANGE THE PRIZE (Just to keep it exciting and different)!! But it will be a fantastic prize!
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WIN 10 CASH COINS ... Everyweek!
Village Mayor-petsociety replied to Village Mayor-petsociety's topic in The Cafe
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PSFC will be removing support for Bebo, By Midnight (GMT) Tonight the Bebo Trading forums, Bebo profile links and Bebo toolbar links (plus any other items relating to bebo) will be removed from PSFC. This is due to a lack of interest in the Bebo version of Pet Society and the removal of these items will enable us to add more features to PSFC which will be of more interest to you our members! We will consider the re-addition of Bebo in the future if demand is there. Thanks, Team PSFC.
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Christmas Music Video Of The Day - November 22th Queen - Show Must Go On Each and everyday here at PSFC one of the Mods or Admins will select a music video of the day that will feature on the forums, it could be a new release, a great video, a weird video, something controversal, reunion of a band, or just the long awaited return, whatever it is we aim to bring something new and fresh everyday, so...Take a listen, and vote in the poll above and tell us what you think of the track also!
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This is the number grid, if someones name is next to a number then that number is not available, if you see a "X" next to a name that means payment has not been made yet, if this is you please pay the GMB asap (if you have already give it 2 days before PMing Mr Mayor about it, it can take a little time to update this) if you see a "P" next to a name that means they have paid. Keep checking back to ensure your numbers are added, i might leave a note in your original post to let you know that you might need to change a number or another request. Thanks guys! Good Luck! 1. clair a bell P 2. scgrandma58 P 3. Chiaretta P 4. tweet40 P 5. dawnbrans P 6. fairie P 7. nettybowman P 8. dawnbrans P 9. scgrandma58 P 10. glow88 P 11. nettybowman P 12. chay P 13. Tromo3 P 14. scgrandma58 P 15. Tromo3 P 16. Chiaretta P 17. berna_gal P 18. 19. clair a bell P 20. glow88 P 21. clair a bell P 22. kasijab P 23. scgrandma58 P 24. tweet40 P 25. glow88 P 26. fairie P 27. Eternal_Irony P 28. kasijab P 29. chay P 30. sugarpops P 31. berna_gal P 32. iJess P 33. myladyyawo P 34. dawnbrans P 35. 36. clair a bell P 37. sugarpops P 38. chay P 39. wkessy P 40. tweet40 P 41. kasijab P 42. Eternal_Irony P 43. kasijab P 44. MaMaShiShi P 45. dawnbrans P 46. yellowbell22 P 47. yellowbell22 P 48. yellowbell22 P 49. yellowbell22 P 50. omi23 P 51. MaMaShiShi P 52. wkessy P 53. 54. fairie P 55. glow88 P 56. sdfaulk X 57. sdfaulk X 58. sdfaulk X 59. sdfaulk X 60. dawnbrans P 61. nani_s P 62. nani_s P 63. nani_s P 64. nani_s P 65. nani_s P 66. glow88 P 67. yellowbell22 P 68. yellowbell22 P 69. yellowbell22 P 70. yellowbell22 P 71. yellowbell22 P 72. haha_13 X 73. 74. 75. 76. chay P 77. haha_13 X 78. 79. kasijab P 80. 81. Chiaretta P 82. 83. fairie P 84. 85. 86. 87. Chiaretta P 88. glow88 P 89. 90. 91. dawnbrans P 92. berna_gal P 93. 94. 95. 96. tweet40 P 97. 98. 99. tweet40 P 100. glow88 P 101. 102. 103. chay P 104. 105. 106. 107. haha_13 X 108. dawnbrans P 109. chay P 110. 111. Mangoberri P 112. 113. 114. kasijab P 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. glow88 P 121. TanyaRC P 122. fairie P 123. Zoonie X 124. 125. 126. 127. haha_13 X 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. myladyyawo P 134. smorkle P 135. smorkle P 136. smorkle P 137. smorkle P 138. 139. 140. dawnbrans P 141. 142. fairie P 143. 144. Mangoberri P 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. sugarpops P 151. trueseasons X 152. trueseasons X 153. trueseasons X 154. trueseasons X 155. Mangoberri P 156. 157. 158. 159. _Pandy_ P 160. 161. fairie P 162. 163. 164. 165. glow88 P 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. sugarpops P 171. 172. 173. 174. _Pandy_ P 175. 176. _Pandy_ P 177. haha_13 X 178. 179. 180. _Pandy_ P 181. 182. 183. ecmeL P 184. ecmeL P 185. 186. 187. 188. glow88 P 189. dawnbrans P 190. 191. 192. berna_gal P 193. fairie P 194. 195. tweet40 P 196. Mands_xoxo P 197. clair a bell P 198. dawnbrans P 199. clair a bell P 200. clair a bell P