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Playfish Overview

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Playfish is a social games company that develops and publishes video games on social networks like Facebook.

Founded in October 2007 by casual and mobile games veterans and backed by Accel Ventures and $4M in funding, we believe games are more fun when played with friends and family. So we are working on combining the best elements of casual games, social networks, MMOGs and virtual worlds to...More»

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10/2007
Consumer Internet
Entertainment / Game
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Electronic Arts

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Date Type Capital Amount Post-Money Valuation Investors
03/2008 Seed 3M Unknown
07/2008 Series A 1M Unknown
10/2008 Series B 17M Unknown

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Name:Pet Society
Product URL:http://www.playfish.com/?page=game_pets&pf_ref=x1030
Description:In the world of Pet Society you and your pet can have a great time! You can play games, decorate your house and even bring gifts for your friends when you visit them.

You can enjoy many different games and activities in Pet Society, playing ball, jumping with your skipping rope or going on treasure hunts for coins in the city. For those who like to compete you can take part in contests against other pets at the Pet Stadium!
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as long as they continue to expand their tests people will continue to play their games!

pdizzlle 08/26/2008

Social network casual games are super popular and viral

tburger 06/27/2008

They claim to have 6MM players playing 100MM games per month

tburger 06/27/2008
Bearish Opinions (2) Author/Date Do you agree?

I like their games, but will advertising be enough to cover development costs?

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hsienhui 06/30/2008
They are monetizing now with premium features ryean 07/27/2008

Their games are largely single player games with SOME social features added on.

ryean 07/24/2008
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