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Activision buys out King (Candy Crush) for FIVE POINT NINE BILLION $! [CLOSED]
iSO Emerald Sparx Gems: 3143
#1 Posted: 04:28:42 03/11/2015 | Topic Creator
http://kotaku.com/activision-b...lion-1740204224

Background info
  • Activision beforehand is one of the only major game companies in comparison to say EA (which also runs Chillingo) and Ubisoft as examples that doesn't have a major mobile presence. Thus buying out a company that has a popular position in mobile makes sense instead of trying to invest money into creating one from scratch.
  • King's 8 out of 11 games stay consistently in the top 200 grossing iOS apps, with the exception of two games: Bubble Witch Saga, and Papa Bear Saga. Grossing means the amount of profits earned from in-app purchases (microtransactions), since all of their games are freemium.
  • King didn't straight up start off as a mobile game company. I did a bit of research that's out of the usual Wikipedia stuff; it seems the company started off as a social platform of playing games online to win money, not like in a casino like way like slots or gambling as far as I know skimming at the archived main page.

I can speculate that one of their revenue streams is going to run out soon, and it makes sense for the company to get into the action by utilzing money, but why that much?!

The only other reason I posted is that Skylanders is made by Activision, thus bring this news may bear relations to how the Skylanders brand may financially perform, if it is one of the brands that may fall by the wayside.
Edited 1 time - Last edited at 04:30:10 03/11/2015 by iSO
Sleepy0429 Emerald Sparx Gems: 3217
#2 Posted: 05:07:22 03/11/2015
*candy crush character here* to join the Skylanders!
/s
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TrapShadowFan Emerald Sparx Gems: 3500
#3 Posted: 19:36:11 03/11/2015
I hope they don't try to make stupid decisions anymore now that Activision is leading them. On their own, they tried to trademark the words "Candy" and "Saga," and also attempted to sue the very game they knew they ripped off.
MugoUrth Ripto Gems: 3234
#4 Posted: 19:44:14 03/11/2015
I can expect that as big of a cash cow as Candy Crush is, it's now going to be much worse.
Badwolfmichael Gold Sparx Gems: 2511
#5 Posted: 19:45:33 03/11/2015
I heard about this.
Huh.
DummyZ Gold Sparx Gems: 2844
#6 Posted: 19:46:03 03/11/2015
Is it safe to assume Activision is the biggest milker of them all?
HIR Diamond Sparx Gems: 9016
#7 Posted: 20:15:49 03/11/2015
Damn it, where are the anti-trust lawyers when you need 'em? <.<
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Congrats! You wasted five seconds reading this.
Crash10 Emerald Sparx Gems: 4745
#8 Posted: 22:07:22 03/11/2015
Well, we have a chance of Activision releasing more mobile games. Or...

Call of Crush
Crush Candicoot
World of Warcandy
Candylanders: Crush Team
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Bruh
PwnageFTW Yellow Sparx Gems: 1716
#9 Posted: 22:19:13 03/11/2015
That probably only put a small dent in the amount of cash they have.
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KeybasHedKey Ripto Gems: 1862
#10 Posted: 23:28:23 03/11/2015
Let's see what happens though there...

Really people this is gaming news, not stuff and nonsense.

It's not that big like when Disney bought Marvel or Lucasfilm.
QueenChrysalis Green Sparx Gems: 465
#11 Posted: 03:14:48 04/11/2015
Quote: TrapShadowFan
I hope they don't try to make stupid decisions anymore now that Activision is leading them.



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#12 Posted: 21:11:13 06/11/2015
Quote: DummyZ
Is it safe to assume Activision is the biggest milker of them all?



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Yes

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StevemacQ Platinum Sparx Gems: 6533
#13 Posted: 01:48:57 07/11/2015
They belong to together. Let all these **** companies merge into big giant ball of **** so all the **** can be self-contained.
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Needz more eh-mo-shuns.
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