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Zynga slightly beats Wall Street expectations for Q2, but stock falls after-hours

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga reported earnings today for the second quarter that beat Wall Street’s expectations by a sliver, but the social gaming company’s stock price is falling in after-hours trading as the it continues to lose a lot of players.

Zynga hired Xbox chief Don Mattrick as its new CEO on July 1, shifting founder Mark Pincus to chairman and chief product officer. That gave the stock a bounce in the past few weeks, but the mostly dour report is causing investors to think twice.

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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.