Activision-Blizzard just bought King (Candy Crush) for 6 Billion

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Activision to buy Candy Crush’s King for $5.9bn - FT.com

Activision Blizzard has agreed to acquire King Digital Entertainment, the London-based group behind the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga mobile games, in a $5.9bn deal that would be the biggest takeover of a UK-based tech company since HP acquired Autonomy for $11bn four years ago.

At a time when games such as Call of Duty for consoles such as Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation make up the majority of its revenues, Activision is paying a huge sum for one of the largest communities of mobile gamers in the world, with 340m monthly unique users.


6 Billion....

To put that into perspective.... Disney bought LucasArts (Star Wars) for 4 Billion

Microsoft bought Mojang (Minecraft) for 2 Billion
 

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6 Billion!?!? For that?!?!?!?!

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:wow: If only I could have been apart of some these apps that sold for billions - whatsapp, Instagram, snapchat.

shyt I'll settle for damn flappy bird. Bruh who made that was making 5 figures daily :damn:

That flappy bird dude was a legend... :mjcry: He said he got tired of making money.... :dahell::mindblown: YOUR SUPPOSED TO RIDE THAT WAVE UNTIL IT CRASHES...
 

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Mobile is taking over. They're the most accessible games. shyt, even my grandma plays mobile games. shytloads of money to be made

I'm trying to code for android gaming but the shyt is tedious as fukk my dude... :mjcry: I had to step away from that shyt for a minute.
 

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I don't understand how the developer can be worth that much. CC grossed 1.5bil. Activision must have a lot of faith in the franchise.

They just want that mobile money... Or maybe they figure they get this guys whole company at a bargain price. I'm surprised. Or maybe he just conned the shyt outta them :lolbron: someone said their worth more than marvel in theory yes and no. Back then marvel was worth just 4 but add up all that movie and TV and merchandise money their worth more than a lot of things including king. :banderas:
 

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I'm trying to code for android gaming but the shyt is tedious as fukk my dude... :mjcry: I had to step away from that shyt for a minute.

Flappy bird was sprites & 20lines of code.

Anyways people still get the apk from forums & ads are still turned on. Tried it for first time couple weeks ago off the hype.

He took it down for marketing IMO....and I doubt he's giving back ad money he gets to this day.
 
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