Comments on: Was Hasbro right to kill Scrabulous? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:26:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Triple Points, Less 92 - The Web Laureate http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/comment-page-1/#comment-338949 Triple Points, Less 92 - The Web Laureate Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:48:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2570#comment-338949 [...] U [...] [...] U [...]

]]> By: nappy_rash http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/comment-page-1/#comment-374199 nappy_rash Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:49:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2570#comment-374199 NO, biggest exposure Scrabble ever had. It must have increased board sales, dumb move by Hasbro - they should wake up to the potential of exposure in Web 2.0 NO, biggest exposure Scrabble ever had. It must have increased board sales, dumb move by Hasbro – they should wake up to the potential of exposure in Web 2.0

]]> By: nappy_rash http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/comment-page-1/#comment-341241 nappy_rash Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:49:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2570#comment-341241 NO, biggest exposure Scrabble ever had. It must have increased board sales, dumb move by Hasbro - they should wake up to the potential of exposure in Web 2.0 NO, biggest exposure Scrabble ever had. It must have increased board sales, dumb move by Hasbro – they should wake up to the potential of exposure in Web 2.0

]]> By: ianbetteridge http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/comment-page-1/#comment-341231 ianbetteridge Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:34:30 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2570#comment-341231 People have short memories. I'd bet that within a year, the user-base of "official" Scrabble will equal or surpass that of Scrabulous. <br><br>But even if that didn't happen, paying someone who's stolen your game and profited from it isn't a viable long-term business strategy. It's an invite for other people to do the same - and you can't buy them all, because that doesn't allow you to actually develop your own strategy for releasing your own property. People have short memories. I'd bet that within a year, the user-base of “official” Scrabble will equal or surpass that of Scrabulous.

But even if that didn't happen, paying someone who's stolen your game and profited from it isn't a viable long-term business strategy. It's an invite for other people to do the same – and you can't buy them all, because that doesn't allow you to actually develop your own strategy for releasing your own property.

]]> By: Blaise Alleyne http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/29/was-hasbro-right-to-kill-scrabulous/comment-page-1/#comment-341230 Blaise Alleyne Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:46:48 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2570#comment-341230 Yeah, just reading that post now. :) Yeah, just reading that post now. :)

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