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	<title>Betabeat &#187; Zynga Insists More Ads Will Save Draw Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:25:29 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/omgpop-elvis.jpeg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-47310" title="omgpop-elvis" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/omgpop-elvis.jpeg" alt="" width="160" height="240" /></a>Pictionary-like game Draw Something continues to endure a steep decline in players. <a href="http://www.appdata.com/">AppData</a> reports that since March, the number of users logging into the app via Facebook has fallen from 14.5 million a day to 7.6 million, almost halving Draw Something's daily active users.</p>
<p>With <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/05/draw-something-decline-omg-pop-zynga-05022012/">interest</a> in the game quickly ebbing, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304707604577422620255392052.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews">reports</a> today that Zynga is attempting to justify the $183 million it spent to acquire Draw Something and its parent company OMGPOP by tacking on yet more ads to the flailing game. Because if there's one thing game players <em>love</em>, it's ads, obviously.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to the <em>Journal</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The San Francisco-based company on Thursday plans to announce an agreement with animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. to place additional advertising in the game. Zynga believes it's the start of new revenue-generating possibilities that will justify the controversial acquisition.</p></blockquote>
<p>DreamWorks has agreed to run banner ads and other promotions inside Draw Something for its upcoming film <em>Madagascar 3</em>, which we guess means pre-teens and their parents are the only ones still playing Draw Something.</p>
<p>We're seriously skeptical that implementing another annoying ad layer to the user experience is going to keep the game from hemorrhaging users, but may as well make money off the users you still have, right?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we like to picture former OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter reading this article and breaking into a maniacal laugh while fanning himself with hundos.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/omgpop-elvis.jpeg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-47310" title="omgpop-elvis" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/omgpop-elvis.jpeg" alt="" width="160" height="240" /></a>Pictionary-like game Draw Something continues to endure a steep decline in players. <a href="http://www.appdata.com/">AppData</a> reports that since March, the number of users logging into the app via Facebook has fallen from 14.5 million a day to 7.6 million, almost halving Draw Something's daily active users.</p>
<p>With <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/05/draw-something-decline-omg-pop-zynga-05022012/">interest</a> in the game quickly ebbing, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304707604577422620255392052.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews">reports</a> today that Zynga is attempting to justify the $183 million it spent to acquire Draw Something and its parent company OMGPOP by tacking on yet more ads to the flailing game. Because if there's one thing game players <em>love</em>, it's ads, obviously.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to the <em>Journal</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The San Francisco-based company on Thursday plans to announce an agreement with animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. to place additional advertising in the game. Zynga believes it's the start of new revenue-generating possibilities that will justify the controversial acquisition.</p></blockquote>
<p>DreamWorks has agreed to run banner ads and other promotions inside Draw Something for its upcoming film <em>Madagascar 3</em>, which we guess means pre-teens and their parents are the only ones still playing Draw Something.</p>
<p>We're seriously skeptical that implementing another annoying ad layer to the user experience is going to keep the game from hemorrhaging users, but may as well make money off the users you still have, right?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we like to picture former OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter reading this article and breaking into a maniacal laugh while fanning himself with hundos.</p>
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