I think you've confused Jamster and Jamdat. Jamdat actually filed a lawsuit against Jamster. I wonder if EA is going to get rid of the Jamdat brand, and drop the suit as a consequence.
This deal is as much for Jamdat's talent pool as it is for any specific titles. Yes, Tetris is a big seller, and Doom RPG just won an award for best mobile game of the year, but Jamdat was already producing EA-licensed games. EA had their own fledgling mobile unit, but the they probably decided it was better to buy than build. A deal had been rumored back in August, but Jamdat's share price then is the same as the premium-included price EA is going to pay now. Analysts are predicting multi-billion dollar growth in mobile games in the next few years. EA made out like a bandit on this one.
I don't really see how Jamdat counts as a small company when they can afford to pay $100 million to license Tetris. And Gameloft was founded by the Guillemot family of Ubisoft fame.
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I think you've confused Jamster and Jamdat. Jamdat actually filed a lawsuit against Jamster. I wonder if EA is going to get rid of the Jamdat brand, and drop the suit as a consequence.
This deal is as much for Jamdat's talent pool as it is for any specific titles. Yes, Tetris is a big seller, and Doom RPG just won an award for best mobile game of the year, but Jamdat was already producing EA-licensed games. EA had their own fledgling mobile unit, but the they probably decided it was better to buy than build. A deal had been rumored back in August, but Jamdat's share price then is the same as the premium-included price EA is going to pay now. Analysts are predicting multi-billion dollar growth in mobile games in the next few years. EA made out like a bandit on this one.
You'll find out in 2006.
I don't really see how Jamdat counts as a small company when they can afford to pay $100 million to license Tetris. And Gameloft was founded by the Guillemot family of Ubisoft fame.