Zynga reported a profit of $4.1m during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) compared with a loss of $85.4m reported during the corresponding quarter in 2012.
The drop in interest from players contributed to 18% decline in sales of games made by Zynga, while its revenue also reached $263.6m a drop from $320.9m generated a year ago.
The game maker’s web bookings dropped by 37% during the quarter over same quarter a year ago, particularly in older franchise games.
Zynga’s mobile bookings increased by 21% during the quarter, while still make up less than a quarter of overall bookings.
According to reports, the number of daily active users for Zynga’s games dropped 21% in 1Q13 to 52 million over corresponding quarter in 2012, while the average daily booking per user dropped 10.9%.
For the second quarter of 2013, the game maker is anticipating sales in the range of $225m to $235m and a net loss of between $26.5m and $36.5m.
The game maker is also hit by several executive exits, with recent exit of New York studio chief Dan Porter upon failing to generate the anticipated results.
Zynga has also axed eleven games until now as part of its plan to drop 13 gaming titles.
