Angry Birds Maker Says It's Worth More than PopCap

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

Whatever Electronic Arts is spending to acquire PopCap, its casual gaming rival Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, would cost more. ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์ มือ ถือ That’s according to … well, Rovio. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-buys-maker-of-bejeweled-and-plants-vs-5820553(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); “The valuation from our point of view is somewhere, I dunno, maybe north of PopCap,” Ville Heijari, the vice president of franchise development, told Eurogamer. Let’s winner55 ทางเข้า สล็อต remember that PopCap’s deal is $1.3 billion $750 million, and Rovio is identified with just one (1) franchise. “A lot of people look at our ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์ มือ ถือ game and say, ‘Who do these guys think they are with their one title?'” Heijari added. He noted that in addition to the PopCap deal, another pg123 Rovio peer, Zynga is “aiming for a $1 billion [initial public offering.]” The implication is an opinion of one’s self soaring into nine figures isn’t necessarily inflated. Heijari said last summer, Rovio fielded “a lot of inquiries from many, many different parties,” i.e., regarding an acquisition, but “I don’t think there’s ever been a really relevant discussion of whether somebody is going to buy us.” Last year EA acquired Chillingo, the publisher of Angry winner55 ทางเข้า สล็อต Birds [Update]: While an earlier version of this story erroneously reported the size of the PopCap/EA deal (it is $750 million), Forbes reports that Zynga actually bid in excess of $1 billion for PopCap. Incentive clauses are believed pg123 to be the reason PopCap went with the EA deal. Rovio Values Self ‘North of PopCap’ [Eurogamer]

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