Somehow, some-way, the number of people who play both Xbox 360 and Zynga games is rising sharply, according to research group Raptr, which claims to track more than 10 million gamers across multiple machines. They say that 30 percent of Xbox 360 players now also have played a Zynga game, up from 20 per cent just a year ago.
The worlds are merging, people. Mums who love FarmVille, sons who love Xbox Live Call of Duty, boys who love Empires & Allies, folks who play Dance Central… soon they’ll all be the same human being.
Every stat has an asterisk, though… Raptr defines Xbox 360 and Zynga users as people who have played games of either type once.
There were other numbers released by Raptr today as part of a big study of Zynga that make the company look great and the people who play the games look a bit scary (come on, you know it’s true, Zynga fans).
CityVille players can contain themselves to playing just 5.4 minutes of the game a day, but they play it eight times a day! Empires & Allies players do them one better(worse) and play 11 times a day.
That’s… dedication.
The full study is available in PDF format via the link below.
Raptr Report – Zynga Games Rival Core Games In Total Playtime, Franchise Strength
Lt HELI
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:30 AM“Raptr defines Xbox 360 and Zynga users as people who have played games of either type once.”
Yeah, fail.
James Mac
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:30 AMAre we certain it’s xbox gamers… and not xbox owners?
Im sure there’s a percentage of people who only have theirs for foxtel, skype, netflix, hulu, kinect chat, et all.
DENAz
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 2:45 PM3 out of 10… WOW… seriously though, nearly everyone has played one of those crappy games at one time or another
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:50 PMGiven that UNO is one of the biggest downloads on XBLA this is completely unsurprising – there is a casual audience on the console, hell even my wife played Peggle and Monopoly Streets on the xbox if not much else!