Looks Like Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP For $200 Million
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Looks Like Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP For $200 Million
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#2amazing. everyone i know loves draw something. congratulations.
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#3amazing. everyone i know loves draw something. congratulations.
I think it's got a winning formula, whether or not it was intentional or an accident I don't know, but it does so many things right. It caters to casual players (I can pick it up, guess, draw and put it down) or hardcore players (draw + guess all day and all night), it forces people to provide value back to the player they're against (after guessing you have to draw to play another game) and it has a good micro transaction system.
I've never played mobile games properly before but I find myself drawn into playing Draw Something along with all my friends, who like yours love it.
Re: Looks Like Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP For $200 Million
#4Is this a talent acquisition or an attempt to capture future revenues of Draw Something?
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#5Bittersweet. Draw Something is a great game and it's good to see OMGPOP rewarded for that. But then I hate that it will now be controlled by Zynga.
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#6> Now Zynga has scheduled a call for a “news announcement” for 3pm eastern. I’m going to go out on a short limb and assume it’s to formally acknowledge that they have bought the company.
I'm glad the news seems to have been confirmed (?), but I must say that the headline is rather disingenuous, given that there was no actual confirmation. Even the lede makes it seem that there's no doubt; just confirmation of a previous rumor. I don't ask for anything major - just a single word (or two).
(I originally posted this comment for the other submission a split second after it was deleted, but it still applies - glad HN at least chose the more responsible title).
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#7Is this a talent acquisition or an attempt to capture future revenues of Draw Something?
It's probably a bit of everything; talent, future revenue, and market consolidation, just like the With Friends purchase was.
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#8It doesn't make sense. The article mentions that OMGPOP makes 250 grand a day (that too after after all commissions). that equates to 91.25 million a year. IMHO, $200 million seems like a really small price.
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#9Bittersweet. Draw Something is a great game and it's good to see OMGPOP rewarded for that. But then I hate that it will now be controlled by Zynga.
"Play Draw Something now and earn Farmville points!"
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#10Kind of sad. I mean, congratulations to OMGPOP, but I'd really like to see a decent competitor to Zynga out there. Their games are slow, buggy and overly instrusive, but no other company has the kind of traction they do. OMGPOP could have taken the hard route and built themselves up from the success of Draw Something.
Oh well.