No matter how stupid I find the idea of virtual gifts or how much I am against these, one thing is for sure, people would continue to add value to them on the Web. Oh, lets put it more correctly; on social networks: Facebook. We have seen how the the value of anything virtual has grown over time and how valuable people find these. I hate to say this, but people really care what Farmville gift the receive from their friends and might even feel restless if they get none and beg everyone to send one. Zynga is definitely a leader with this.
All the love birds out there are waiting for the Valentines Day and Farmville addicts have already sent more cards in less than 24 hours than what have sent on Hallmark all year round. Sounds small? That number is around 152 million. What exactly is the dimension do these addicts belong to? Does time pass on very slow? Is each hour for these Farmville fans equivalent to a hundred hours of non-Farmville addicts?
This is still three days prior the big day and we will definitely be seeing a boost in the exchange of these virtual gifts. Just to give you a run down on stats, Farmville has had more than 220 Million gifts changing hands while Cafe world follows with 100 million. I am not sure how much cash have they crunched in, but you can guess what the numbers could be if each of these gift brings a minimum of 1 cent each.
You will find almost anything to gift from Peking Ducks, a pink sheep on Farmville all thee way to Valentine’s Day Massacre Featured Job on Mafia Wars. Crazy, but that’s what people really love, no limits, no boundary, just endless bliss of virtual-living. By the way, will girls out there love having virtual gift from their special ones? Let us know your answers in the comments.
