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Shame he didn't move a little faster, he could have had Supercell for half what he ended up paying for King.


Gotta hand it to SoftBank and Gung-ho for buying half of Supercell for what is now a cheap price.


Dang, I always thought COC was bigger money maker than Candy Crush.


Oh it is, but they sold half the company for $1.5 billion in 2013. Seems like a steal today, the other big mobile studios must be chomping at the bit seeing King go for $6 billion and knowing they are all that's left.


Well here we go with another few days of news with the word "Bubble" in it.

I can't imagine that this deal will be profitable, but with profits at $604.5 million it is hard to argue that this deal should have been cheaper.




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