Comments on: Club Penguin Worth Half a Billion? http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/05/16/club-penguin-worth-half-a-billion/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: The Forge · Club Penguin and Sony Call Off Wedding http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/05/16/club-penguin-worth-half-a-billion/#comment-18361 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:05:32 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/05/16/club-penguin-worth-half-a-billion/#comment-18361 [...] As I posted last month, Club Penguin (one of the largest virtual worlds/MMOs around, focusing on kids) was in talks with Sony for acquisition at half a billion. According to paidContent, the deal is off. The Club Penguin folks were asking for upwards of half a billion, and Sony was offering $450 million or so. There were also some issues, apparently, with user churn and the insistence on the Club Penguin side that CP continue to donate a portion of profits to charity. [...] […] As I posted last month, Club Penguin (one of the largest virtual worlds/MMOs around, focusing on kids) was in talks with Sony for acquisition at half a billion. According to paidContent, the deal is off. The Club Penguin folks were asking for upwards of half a billion, and Sony was offering $450 million or so. There were also some issues, apparently, with user churn and the insistence on the Club Penguin side that CP continue to donate a portion of profits to charity. […]

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]]> by: Raph’s Website » Club Penguin to sell to Sony? http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/05/16/club-penguin-worth-half-a-billion/#comment-16071 Wed, 16 May 2007 23:29:54 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/05/16/club-penguin-worth-half-a-billion/#comment-16071 [...] Via The Forge, here’s a TechCrunch article about Sony maybe buying Club Penguin for half a billion dollars. [...] […] Via The Forge, here’s a TechCrunch article about Sony maybe buying Club Penguin for half a billion dollars. […]

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