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Zynga expects to be profitable for full fiscal year, so to speak

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The chief executive of the company known for games like FarmVille and Words With Friends said he expects the company to be profitable for the full fiscal year.

Of course, that’s not on a net income level. Rather, Don Mattrick said the company will be profitable based on its adjusted EBITDA (earnings before income tax, depreciation, and amortization) basis for the fiscal year that ends Dec. 31. That’s not quite as impressive as being profitable on the bottom line, as one-time charges could turn that pretax profit into a loss. But it’s an improvement compared to big losses from a year ago.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.