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on: August 01, 2007, 02:41:01 PM

Disney acquires Club Penguin for $350M



Disney announced today that they have bought Club Penguin for $350M.

AP news article via Yahoo

Sony was one of the companies looking at acquiring Club Penguin earlier this year but according to Michael Arrington over at Tech Crunch apparently one of things that the other would-be acquirers balked at was the amount of money Club Penguin donates to charities and wanted to continue doing post-acquisition.
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Reply #1 on: August 01, 2007, 02:44:56 PM

He shoots! He misses!

I knew I read about this company somewhere!
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Reply #2 on: August 01, 2007, 07:08:57 PM

$350,000,000.  350 million dollars.  Three hundred and fifty million dollars.  One million dollars - three hundred and fifty times.  350,000 thousands of dollars.  $350000000.  $350,000,000.

Club Penguin. Pick a penguin color. Play a few dozen flash mini games.  Buy stuff for your flash igloo.  Chat. Take care of your pufflle creature.     

There is a very very important lesson here for all us MMOologists.  I wonder what it is. 

If anyone needs me, I'll be sitting here saying three hundred and fifty million over and over.

 

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Reply #3 on: August 01, 2007, 07:17:11 PM

There is a very very important lesson here for all us MMOologists.  I wonder what it is.

The lesson is that you should make a Web 2.0 MMO game social networking interaction world thing and sell it to a giant conglomerate for a full three-piece suit made of money.
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Reply #4 on: August 01, 2007, 07:41:27 PM

Ninja edit!
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Reply #5 on: August 02, 2007, 03:21:44 PM

There is a very very important lesson here for all us MMOologists.  I wonder what it is.

The lesson is that you should make a Web 2.0 MMO game social networking interaction world thing and sell it to a giant conglomerate for a full three-piece suit made of money.

Raph, I'll be nothing less then disappointed in you if you aren't a multi-billionaire with your own rocket ship.

But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?

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