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11/09/09
With the new advertising restrictions that the founder just announced (in regards to their new game Fishville but applying to all of their other games as well), they stand to lose over a third of their $250 million revenue per year.
Plus, they haven't been working towards acquisition, the company is clearly positioning itself for an IPO. Playfish, Playdom, and others were great targets for acquisition.
Mark Pincus has a right to be nervous about this. Playfish was Zynga's primary competitor, and by using some of the resources that EA has at its disposal, they can very quickly overtake a lot of the momentum that Zynga has. Now if Zynga suffers due to this deal, THEN they may well find themselves on the buyer's block and not going the IPO route. #playfish
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11/09/09
Whatever EA. I'm not resting until you make a Sim City for the network. #playfish
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I'm not sure about the amount of money they seem to be spending, but what seems ridiculous at the time has a way of working out in the end. Getting access to these 150 million "installs" is a tad nebulous at the moment, but if they can turn that into 10 million people that form the equation EA = fun Facebook game makers in their minds, then they win. #playfish
11/09/09
Seems like a smart purchase for EA. Sorta makes me wonder why Activision hasn't done anything in this area... #playfish
11/09/09
Just 18 months of ridiculous work in the hopes that somebody like EA (who showed some mild interest but never followed through) would buy the smallish company I was working for.
Working with them, and seeing/meeting their internal teams responsible for this type of entertainment really highlighted how many resources they were putting behind these efforts, though. They committed to this path a few years ago, and they've been plowing ahead since then trying to gobble up as much of the casual and community market as they can. #playfish
11/09/09
Despite what typical gamers may think, casual is something a lot people are looking at now. If you thought the Wii was disruptive to the gaming world, you haven't seen anything yet. #playfish
08/31/09
Disney turns everything it touches into vapid crap. I doubt very much that Marvel will escape the effects.
I'm a sad panda.
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08/31/09
It's just weird having Spider Man and Mickey Mouse in the same company now :|
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08/31/09
so, the next spiderman movie will include one of the fagos bros as spiderman....?
fuck this shit!
08/31/09
But, really. When have their been superhero movies that have been perfectly aimed at adults? I don't think much is going to change other than the fact that the money goes into a different bank account.
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Don't you mean universal....yep too bad...good thing I went there already.
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I've dreamt of Mega Man and Iron Man beating up on Buzz Lightyear for years...
08/31/09
Marvel + Disney + SquareEnix = Best Kingdom Hearts ever.
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08/31/09
And Deadpool henceforth replace the Mad Hatter in all further Alice in Wonderland endeavors.
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