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I’m a little concerned about the plan of relying on games to increase retention. It was surprising to hear that they were not focused on this earlier, but possibly that is not 100% the truth. Possibly they thought that the communities on the site or the “finding new friends” approach (as opposed to communicating with old friends) would be enough to keep people coming back – and they have simply found that that is not the case to the extent they expected.

But what is it that really will distinguish Quepasa from Facebook and Orkut? Not the games, which QPSA is planning to sell to Facebook and Orkut. It’s quite confusing and, I think, a legitimate concern. It will be interesting to see what the major releases are in April and June.

I think in terms of people evaluating us, our stock, in terms of milestones going forward, I would encourage you to look forward to a couple of our major releases. We’ll have a major release in early April on Qupasa and Orkut, and then we’ll have another major release in June and that will be Quepasa, Orkut, and Facebook. So we’ve got about 80% of our team now working on that. They work through Carnival in Brazil. But we expect those to be very high quality titles. And hopefully that will be the first signal that we have traction within the social gaming space.

Anyway, since games are taking such a starring role, it might make sense to keep good track of them. Here’s a current snapshot. First is a list of all the games as of today, March 17. There are 42 of them. Then a list of just the "Popular" games, showing the increase in sign-ups from yesterday to today.

Note that there already are knock-offs of Farmville and Mafia Wars (from Goodgame Studios in Germany).

F = on Featured list
R = on Recent list
P = on Popular list

ALL 42 GAMES

           
                 Game                 3/17/11  1:14 PM 
                                          Sign-ups 
      
         Anne Geddes Clock                  1,871  
         Art of the Day                     1,164  
         Aztec Calendar                     4,849  
       P Buddy Poker                       42,613  
         Calendar                           2,863  
         Carta Natal                        2,134  
     R P Chinese Zodiac                    12,254  
         Confess                            3,541  
         Current Moon Phase                   912  
     R   Daily Tour                         4,683  
     R P Doodle Blogger                     5,375  
   F R P EcoMas                            10,589  
   F R P EMI Lyric                         11,668  
         Friendship Quote of the Day        5,044  
   F R P Goodgame Farmer                   38,192  
   F R P Goodgame Mafia                    34,485 
         Google Calendar                    1,275  
     R P Google Map your Friends            6,924  
     R   GrabGames                          1,320  
       P Horoscope Diarios                 15,525  
         Horoscope para Aries                 508  
     R P Land of Destiny                   10,409  
     R   Lil' Brownies                        411  
         Majong                             4,333  
         Mayan Calendar                     2,647  
         PacMac v 2.6                       3,242  
   F R P PokerPlace                        35,292  
   F R P Pokerville                        12,858  
         Pregnancy Calendar                 5,023  
         Quotes Book                        1,496  
     R P Random Classic Art                 9,253  
   F R P Satisfashion                      46,577  
       P Search YouTube                    19,839  
   F R P Snap Me Up                    13,740,340  
         ToDo                                 824  
     R P Trio                              27,392  
         Tu Nombre en Japones               2,788  
       P Twitter Tracker                    7,163  
     R P War Metal                         13,432  
         Word of the Day                      800  
     R   WoShamBo 1.2                       5,069  
   F   P Xfire Arcade                      74,866  
                                         - - - - - - 
 Total without Snap Me Up                 491,503 

And here are the games under the “Popular” heading showing the increase in sign-ups from yesterday to today.