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Report: Zynga Tried To Buy PopCap For More Money Than EA
If you were impressed or surprised by EA's recent $750 million purchase of casual game developer PopCap, that's nothing. A new report claims that Farmville and Words with Friends creator Zynga was willing to pay even more.
Forbes has word from an inside source that Zynga bid a whopping $1 billion to purchase PopCap. So why did PopCap go for the deal seemingly worth less money? Well, the EA acquisition could actually net them more in the long run -- there's a clause that could score those who sold PopCap another $550 million based on the developer's performance over the next couple of years. Zynga declined to comment on the supposed bid.
Zynga and PopCap could have made for a casual/mobile/social developer powerhouse, but it also seems like Zynga's corporate culture may not have matched the more relaxed style of PopCap. Are you happy with PopCap going under EA's wing or do you think Zynga would have worked out better?
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