• Candy Crush maker shares plunge 14%
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Good. Hopefully they collapse before Windows 10 is released: [url]http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/14/candy-crush-saga-coming-to-windows-10/[/url]
[quote]The company said that falls in both gross bookings and revenue in the first quarter were largely due to lower sales from its Candy Crush Saga and other "more mature games" - a sign that players are moving on to other games.[/quote] So basically people got far enough into the game to witness the abomination of level design that is designed to only be winnable by luck(unless you pay them money) and got fed up with this. About time.
The hell, people paid money for a connect the dots game? Wow... I'm in the wrong business.
"Lack of new releases" Oh, you mean like the 20th interchangeable skin for candy crush? As opposed to a new, ORIGINAL game?
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;47729801]"Lack of new releases" Oh, you mean like the 20th interchangeable skin for candy crush? As opposed to a new, ORIGINAL game?[/QUOTE] King - from what I understand - survive primarily off of cloned/generic games with micro-transactions and sequels with minimum changes, so it was only a matter of time before the scheme fell short of the goal.
Please go bank rupt. Please go bank rupt. PLEASE go bank rupt.
funny how people have such a raging hateboner for a video game. lmao
[QUOTE=Van Gormel;47742399]funny how people have such a raging hateboner for a video game. lmao[/QUOTE] This is the company that tried to trademark use of "saga" and "candy". They caused all sorts of trouble for "the banner saga" team along with quite a few others. Most the games are ripoffs from other titles anyway.
[QUOTE=Van Gormel;47742399]funny how people have such a raging hateboner for a video game. lmao[/QUOTE] It's justified when the game is a generic clone and the company behind it is a symbol of what's wrong in gaming today. As the poster above stated, they tried to trademark saga and candy, causing legal issues for smaller, independant companies. It's funny how people try to dismiss any critique by stating "lel its a vidya gaem!"
I can't wait for the microtransaction business model to crash and burn
Please go Bankrupt you fuckers. Also, didn't these guys try to trademark the word candy?
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