Electronic Arts to Acquire PopCap Games for $750 Million

Re:Electronic Arts to Acquire PopCap Games for $750 Million by kin on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @05:42PM (#2756734)

Question: How old are you? I'm 23 and after entering the social gaming industry as a developer, the numbers are actually incredibly surprising. I'm talking like... several hundred thousand buckaroos a day from a single game, all from the same market of middle aged stay-at-home/desk-job women.

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Re:Electronic Arts to Acquire PopCap Games for $750 Million by endlessvoid94 on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @06:02PM (#2756814)

Yep, most people have no idea how much money is in this space right now. Real money. Coming from users.

It's enormous.

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Re:Electronic Arts to Acquire PopCap Games for $750 Million by bersekro88 on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @07:42PM (#2757125)

buckaroos? How much does that transfer over to USD?

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Re:Electronic Arts to Acquire PopCap Games for $750 Million by ericwan on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @07:44PM (#2757131)

i believe it is 1 to 1

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