Facebook and Zynga Agreement: 75 Million Farms Saved

It seems that the supply of virtual produce on the internet will no longer be put into jeopardy. About 75 million users on Facebook run and maintain virtual farms through the Zynga game app and this large network of farmers have produced more virtual poultry, livestock and farm goods than any other pseudo community online. However, news that Zynga could potentially leave Facebook meant that all of these farms would close, threatening the only source of virtual produce online.

Kidding aside, last week’s worrisome news that Zynga might be splitting off from Facebook has finally met a very joyous conclusion as it was recently announced that the two parties have finally come to a very private agreement.

Obviously, neither Zynga nor Facebook are willing to share with the public as to what the terms and conditions of the agreement are, but many believe that Facebook has finally backed down from its originally intended 30% cut from Zynga’s online profits through the social networking site.

The big fuss started over a week ago after Facebook announced changes in its developer policies. They have implemented a new Facebook credits system through which all transactions on the online site will be held. This places Facebook in control of user and developer transactions and also allows them better control of incoming profit. However, Facebook’s 30% cut on sales has proven to be quite the expensive price to pay and Zynga publicly announced that due to such changes, they are considering to set up their own Zynga Games network.

With Facebook’s millions of networked users and Zynga’s incredibly addictive games that keep people coming back for more, the two companies had a very strong partnership that would definitely prove to be detrimental should one factor not be present (of course, Facebook has less to lose).