Popcap to be bought?

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#1 RunningRiot12
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http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/8488-report-popcap-games-to-be-acquired-for-north-of-1-billion

thought this was an interesting article.

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#2 finalstar2007
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I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

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#3 RunningRiot12
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there games are also on windows, mac osx, ios, and xbla. So they don't really have any connection exclusively with sony. As much as i would love that, i don't see it happening. Also they say the price may be north of 1 billion USD. The article hints at EA or a Japanese company.

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#4 funsohng
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I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

finalstar2007
God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.
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#5 Ly_the_Fairy
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

funsohng

God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.

Hey! They're a PC dev! :x

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#6 soulitane
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I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

finalstar2007
Doesn't the link say for upwards of 1bil? Something tells me sony won't but this company :P
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#7 funsohng
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[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

Ly_the_Fairy

God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.

Hey! They're a PC dev! :x

I know that, but seriously, their games are best on phones.
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$1 billion ? wtf. I would never pay that much for PopCap .... not even high class developers.
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#9 finalstar2007
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

funsohng

God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.

If there is one thing about Sony that would be they love buying devs :P. seeing how they got everything on their network i wouldnt be susprised if its them but yeah who ever buy them hope they stay multiplatform, i love their games on PSN some of the best were their games

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#10 funsohng
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[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

finalstar2007

God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.

If there is one thing about Sony that would be they love buying devs :P. seeing how they got everything on their network i wouldnt be susprised if its them but yeah who ever buy them hope they stay multiplatform, i love their games on PSN some of the best were their games

I don't think you have a clear idea what PopCap games are, or how financially successful they are.
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#11 soulitane
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$1 billion ? wtf. I would never pay that much for PopCap .... not even high class developers. Nonstop-Madness
They make a fair bit of money.
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$1 billion ? wtf. I would never pay that much for PopCap .... not even high class developers. Nonstop-Madness

You do not understand how much god damn money Popcap makes.

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#13 Ly_the_Fairy
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[QUOTE="Ly_the_Fairy"]

[QUOTE="funsohng"] God I hope this never happens ever. Popcap games play best on phones.funsohng

Hey! They're a PC dev! :x

I know that, but seriously, their games are best on phones.

You disappoint me :P

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#14 RunningRiot12
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http://kotaku.com/5720830/ten-years-of-popcap-games

they posted $100 million USD revenue in 2010, so they do make a good amount of money. however, i do feel $1 billion is steep.

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Hope they dont get ruined. They make some really fun games.

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#16 TailBlood
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$1 billion ? wtf. I would never pay that much for PopCap .... not even high class developers. Nonstop-Madness
Not high class... and? I'd rather buy Popcap than Bioware. I'll make back the invesment in less than 1/10 the time it will with bioware, with popcap.

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#17 RR360DD
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I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

finalstar2007
No, i don't think Sony is in a position now to be spending $1 billion on a developer
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#18 Phoenix534
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I'v seen tons of their games on PSN, i wouldnt be surprised if Sony buy them

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I would. $1 billion is too much for Sony to be spending right now.