对于日本社交游戏进军海外特别是facebook来讲，Ameba Pico在facebook三个月的时间突破100万活跃用户确实是一个值得纪念的时刻。

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CyberAgent美国公司对外宣布了这一消息，表示不仅日本的动漫和日本的电影可以征服美国人，日本的社交游戏同样能俘获美国人的心。（不得不补充下，zynga旗下的珍宝岛Treasure Island单个月就突破了2400万活跃用户，因此相比较之下Ameba Pico三个月突破100着实没什么好宣扬的。）

该游戏面向玩家免费开放，但是有很多需要增值的虚拟交易。据称虚拟交易在3-4月份的时候增长140%，4-5月份的时候更是增长160%。

CyberAgent美国分部首席执行官Toshimichi Namba表示Ameba Pico很快向用户证明了它是非常有趣的一款游戏。

Ameba Pico是CyberAgent公司的首款英文游戏。

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Thanks to cute cartoon characters and anime movies, Japan continues to hold sway over American youths. The latest evidence is Ameba Pico, a virtual world started three months ago by Japan’s CyberAgent.

CyberAgent America said today it has reached a million registered users with its Facebook app since March 8. The virtual world combines avatar character creation, games, social networking and virtual goods within the Facebook environment.

The world is free-to-play, where players can join for free and pay real money for virtual goods. The company said it has seen 140 percent growth in virtual goods revenues in March-April and 160 percent growth in April-May.

Users can explore more than 20 different virtual scenes from around the world and through time, as well as visit storefronts selling virtual goods. They can chat in a variety of languages. There are 5,000 ways to customize characters.

“Ameba Pico has quickly proved itself to be a fun, interactive and safe community for our users to meet up and have fun,” said Toshimichi Namba, president and chief executive of CyberAgent America. “We’ve created an addictive gaming environment with lots of incentive to our users to come back.”

Ameba Pico is the first English-language offering from CyberAgent, which operates the big Ameba Pigg virtual world in Japan. Ameba Pigg generates seven figure revenues per month and has drawn millions of users in its first year. CyberAgent America was set up in 2008 and has 20 employees in Palo Alto, Calif. Rivals include Gaia Online, IMVU, Habbo, and WeeWorld.