Report: Plants vs Zombies creator laid off from PopCap

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• The fucking fuck EA. : shirif
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  Didn't they just announce PvZ 2? : Firefly1985
  • Wait, they announced it??!??!? : CrustaR
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  Multiplayer shooter? What the hell??? : Kub666
  • Plants vs Zombies 2 : Modern Warfighter : mobab
• Incoming EA Spouse 2 (or are we to 3 or 4 by now?) : rosewood
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  What the hell is wrong with EA? Seriously that's a load of garbage. : deathofrats
  • I mean that pretty much puts a nail in the coffin for me supporting PvZ from here on out. What a bone he... : deathofrats
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  Yeah, he'll be unemployed for all of fifteen minutes : master_disaster_17
  • The outrage at EA over this will last longer, surely. : bradleyrr
• Haha that multiplayer shooter rumor is crazy enough to sound truthful : sgtsanity
• Zombie Medal of Plant Honorfield 3 =( : scatterblack
• the next iteration of the franchise would turn into a multiplayer shooter One more step closer to CoD.... : zehh
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  Welcome to what happens when you succeed in the games industry. Anyone still want to get into it? : avatar_58
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    what if we are all wrong and it was him that was spearheading the FPS PvZ game and EA could only put up w... : deathofrats
    • http://www.mememaker.net/static/images/memes/94742.jpg : ManiacalMoose
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    The mass of people wanting to get into the industry is part of why shit like this happens. Why pay this g... : mancide
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      One could argue that about any job then. Why are game industry types doormatts? Why are they accepting un... : avatar_58
      • Because video games, man! VID EE OH fuckin' games. FUCK YEAH! : ConfusedUs
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  George Fan also designed Insaniquarium. Very different mechanics from PvZ but the core design and reward ... : Serpico74
  • That game was fun, but damn did it promote Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! haha. Loved it tho. : Ambient80
  • Huh, that sort of explains the Zen Garden. : sgtsanity
• These serious of events are so incredibly fucking retarded. : ajvitaly
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  LOL did you dummies maybe stop to think that maybe HE is the reason PvZ2 is taking so long? and why PvZ1 ... : spiderfill
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    on the other hand, ea : arioch
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      yeah because EA really wants to slow down and wait a while bfore they can get PvZ2 money : BeowolfSchaefer
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        Because EA doesn't have a history of interfering with successful studios and driving them into the ground... : LoioshDwaggie
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          while they do, it seems to me they are more likely to rush stuff out the door than to delay it. : BeowolfSchaefer
          • Plants vs. Zombies multiplayer. EA. : ajvitaly
  • how long did pve take to make? I never heard of it until it was released. and then 1000 versions spawned ... : Slowtreme
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    Yeah they should have rushed PvZ, it would have been a better game in the end right? : avatar_58
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      according to wikipedia it took 3 years to make. now its been 3 years since the first was released. a gam... : spiderfill
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        I bet the mobile ports didn't take long and were nearly 100% profit. So one could argue his 3 years work ... : avatar_58
        • not exactly..i mean i am all for giving creators enough time to do their work, but there comes a point wh... : deathofrats
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          I wouldn't say 100% profit, but 300,000 sold on iphone alone is a nice chunk of change depending on devel... : mobab
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            not when you bought the company for $1,200,000,000. seriously. 1.2 billion : spiderfill
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              I'm not understanding this. Between normal sales and mobile sales (even if it's only iphone sales), it s... : mobab
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                popcap was gonna be EA's savior in the social gaming space. making small profits on a non-social game is not what you want your billion dollar acquisition to do. the profits you just described, a social game hit can make that in like a month or two

                Aug 22, 2012 6:21pm PDT
                popcap was gonna be EA's savior in the social gaming space. making small profits on a non-social game is ... : spiderfill
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        that's actually not terribly unusual development times for popcap in general, from what I understand. : DeBurgo
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          and so, that given, if that's the reason why they're firing him, it's still pretty dumb since that's the ... : DeBurgo
          • but EA needs popcap to be more like zynga now which is a different thing than they used to be : spiderfill
      • How many 'casual' games are pumped out on a daily basis? How many are multimillion unit sellers with crit... : jtthe2nd
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  Here's hoping Fan & co make a new studio for casual games like that. (Hint, I would back a kickstarte... : Masem
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    CapPop : pigvomit
    • Pop A Cap In Yo Ass Inc. : vai90
  • Gunfire Studios : sogelegos
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    PoopCap : Ride-My-Rocket
    • PoopCrap heh : pigvomit
  • SodaLid : avatar_58
  • SodaTop Studios : TroZ
  • Fancom : cerealSAM2
  • fuckyEA Inc. : pigvomit
  • They should call it FB : ThomW
  • Zonga : dumb.
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    Guys none of your suggestions would work because they're very similar to already established companties : OverloadUT
    • Casual Gaming Companty Inc. : dumb.
    • sexy action cool : Chandler55
    • Butthole Party : Ajax
    • Cunt Faced Jags Inc. : spiderfill
    • OverloadUT Ruins Everything Inc. : Zero|DPX
    • XXYXYXXXYYY : mindmann
    • Studio Liverpool : Godhatesfatpeople
    • cumpanties.com sounds like a place I'd buy games from : Dave-A
    • Not Very Well Established Studios : crummynz
    • OverloadUT's Panty Jam, LLC : ThomW
    • OverloadedBUTT : nem00
    • Klever Kasual Koncepts LLC : systatic
    • Triple Fine : Masem
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      QQverloadUglyTitties : synapse19
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        That's just too far man : OverloadUT
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          http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yn7cHcBs1qmjce3o1_500.gif <3 : synapse19
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            hahahaha I thought this was a static image at first : Arctic Fox
            • the delay is the cherry on top : synapse19
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        lol this is the best one : ThomW
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          thooooom check chromeshack on github : DrWaffles
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            I saw it. arhughes made a bunch of un-pushed changes to the project, so I don't want to merge anythi... : ThomW
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              I agree with that sentiment. The added complexity for an otherwise simple task is a slight inconvenience... : DrWaffles
              • I just wish Greasemonkey scripts weren't held to the same security standards. It's almost too bad GM... : ThomW
    • It's cum. The company is called cum. Incorporated : DeBurgo
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    PlopClap : Ajax
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      I can't stop laughing at this for some reason. : Super Sparker
      • Its the sound your butt makes after beefing a huge load : MercFox1
  • HitlerFan69 Games : boring gegtik
• BURN DOWN POPCAAAAAP!! : devi| dog
• F2P Generals and this? Wow, EA is going to town! : DragonSire
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  PopCap is still hiring, though. : Memphis-Ahn
  • so is zynga, so that doesn't mean much. : soundcreepy
• Isn't PvZ's music composer married to George Fan, also? : Magitek
• This is why you gotta work for yourself and own the stuff you create. Move on and start over. : Xulu
• This just made r/games, finally a link from reddit going to the shack instead of the other way around! : kaddar0
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  Why keep 1 well paid employee when you can let him go and hire 3 cheap college recruits willing to work 9... : dookiebot
  • That might work if all you want to do is rehash the same game 20 times. If you want create a new IP you n... : TheEmissary