[release][quote]Following up on our story earlier this evening that PopCap Games is in late stage acquisition discussions for a sum of over $1 billion — we’ve now heard from two sources that the buyer is Electronic Arts.
The high price of the deal ($1+ billion) means that this would be a huge bet for EA — we’re talking over 13% of the company’s market cap. But we’re hearing that this is a Hail Mary pass from EA to break into mobile and social gaming — areas where the company hasn’t done nearly as well as it has in the console arena.
Possible logic behind the deal: Electronic Arts has some successful franchises that cater to casual users (including The Sims), but many of its successful properties appeal to the hardcore crowd. This is problematic on mobile, where iOS’s top grossing apps are dominated by Angry Birds, Zynga, Pocket Gems, and other casual games. PopCap could help with that — their arsenal of games includes Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies, each of which is a powerhouse in mobile and casual gaming.
We’ll continue to provide updates to the story as we hear more.[/quote]
[url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/22/sources-popcap-buyer-is-ea/]Source[/url][/release]
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Meh, Popcap is for casuals.
Pop cap games is a waste anyways.
Wouldn't buy it for a million.
holy shit
Well, it seems like a good decision from EA's standpoint, albeit a risky one. Let's see where this goes.
This is going to make things complicated between Blizzard and Popcap I guess.
[QUOTE=J!NX;30666444]Pop cap games is a waste anyways.[/QUOTE]
that's a fucking lie and you know it. the casual gaming market is a huge source of income...
Popcap make awesome games. What are you guys talking about?
[QUOTE=J!NX;30666444]Pop cap games is a waste anyways.
Wouldn't buy it for a million.[/QUOTE]
do you have any fucking idea how huge the casual market is
[QUOTE=killover;30666436]Meh, Popcap is for casuals.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=J!NX;30666444]Pop cap games is a waste anyways.
Wouldn't buy it for a million.[/QUOTE]
You're both horribly wrong
[img]http://media.ign.com/games/image/object/143/14336671/Plants-vs-Zombies_PCMAC_BOXboxart_160w.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Fangz;30666479]This is going to make things complicated between Blizzard and Popcap I guess.[/QUOTE]
Plants vs. Zerg
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I hope they don't pull all the PopCap games off steam.
Go fuck yourself EA
Better not be EA Origin games.
[QUOTE=J!NX;30666444]Pop cap games is a waste anyways.
Wouldn't buy it for a million.[/QUOTE]
then you're an idiotic investor and I hope you enjoy being dumb and poor.
[QUOTE=GameDev;30666535]Plants vs. Zerg[/QUOTE]
Actually there was a pact made between the two.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wHw_SxOfM[/media]
[QUOTE=Spectre1406;30666576]Go fuck yourself EA[/QUOTE]
>EA peacefully buys another company.
>"Go fuck yourself EA"
you guys are retarded
I don't understand what's with all this hate on EA lol
Only game I enjoyed from Popcap was PvZ.
But $1,000,000,000? Dayum.
[QUOTE=Melnek;30666654]>EA peacefully buys another company.
>"Go fuck yourself EA"
you guys are retarded[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure they're on the standpoint that if EA acquires Popcap games, they will pull all the Popcap games off Steam and put it on their publishing client.
[QUOTE=deadeye536;30666906]I'm pretty sure they're on the standpoint that if EA acquires Popcap games, they will pull all the Popcap games off Steam and put it on their publishing client.[/QUOTE]
Or because of Westwood Studios and Bullfrog
Suddenly all popcap games are taken off steam.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;30667054]Suddenly all popcap games are taken off steam.[/QUOTE]
If that were to happen, I'd be pissed.
Fuckin' Love PvZ.
EA's gonna buy out all game developers so steam will soon have no games. :ohdear:
[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;30666998]Or because of Westwood Studios and Bullfrog[/QUOTE]
Don't forget Maxis, the true company behind the Sims.
It's westwood all over again. :sigh:
But popcap are make millions, why would they sell?
[QUOTE=maurits150;30667191]EA's gonna buy out all game publishers so steam will soon have no games. :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't surprise me, I'd rather steam was king though.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;30666596]then you're an idiotic investor and I hope you enjoy being dumb and poor.[/QUOTE]
Fuck you, I played in a virtual stock market!
Wait no... I lost all my money in terrible stocks the first week... yeah you got me there. :frown:
Awwww fucking hell. I don't want bejeweled DLC
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