Comments on: Facebook Asked to Remove the “Scrabulous” Game by Scrabble’s Rights-Holders http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/ Joey deVilla's blog on nerdy life, work and play Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: sangokushi-taisen http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-924 sangokushi-taisen Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:06:46 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-924 Well well.. what can we really expect from the company that owns "monopoly" Well well.. what can we really expect from the company that owns “monopoly”

]]> By: Joe Mahoney http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-922 Joe Mahoney Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:29:59 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-922 I guess this is another reason to quit the Facebook. Scrabulous was my number 1 reason for logging in. I guess this is another reason to quit the Facebook. Scrabulous was my number 1 reason for logging in.

]]> By: Jordan Running http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-923 Jordan Running Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:13:52 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2008/01/16/facebook-asked-to-remove-the-%e2%80%9cscrabulous%e2%80%9d-game-by-scrabble%e2%80%99s-rights-holders/#comment-923 Definitely a stupid, yet predictable, move from Mattel and Hasbro. I play Scrabulous all the time and love it, and lately I've been lamenting not having a Scrabble board at home, which is to say Scrabulous has made me more likely to spend money on the physical product. You're right that the companies would be wisest to just buy out Scrabulous, though I'm not sure they'd sell out for "a few hundred thousand dollars." The game existed on Scrabulous.com before becoming a Facebook app, and I suspect they've got a bit more invested in it than some realize. It could surely be had for seven figures, though, which is still "pin money" to Mattel and Hasbro. Definitely a stupid, yet predictable, move from Mattel and Hasbro. I play Scrabulous all the time and love it, and lately I’ve been lamenting not having a Scrabble board at home, which is to say Scrabulous has made me more likely to spend money on the physical product.

You’re right that the companies would be wisest to just buy out Scrabulous, though I’m not sure they’d sell out for “a few hundred thousand dollars.” The game existed on Scrabulous.com before becoming a Facebook app, and I suspect they’ve got a bit more invested in it than some realize. It could surely be had for seven figures, though, which is still “pin money” to Mattel and Hasbro.

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