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King has released its Q1 earnings for 2014, and they are not pretty
The stock market will respond to how King’s performance compares to the "indications" they gave during their IPO roadshow. That means that there are some ways we can look at the these numbers and understand what is...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Why I think King’s share price will fall by half
The valuation of King has me terrified. If King tanks after its stock market debut this week (and I think it will), that will be bad news for the games industry for the next three years. Zynga’s...
- Posted 11 years ago
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King: Lots of stats, new acronyms and a conversion rate of 4%
Yesterday, the games industry, and indeed the wider world, was all agog at the news that King was preparing for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Here are the stats that I gleaned from the...
- Posted 11 years ago
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King’s IPO–the Radio 4 Today programme segment on it
I was interviewed on the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Today, this morning about the King IPO. There’s a lot to get into the 3 minute segment. I did my best. You can hear it on the...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Zynga and Rovio: the numbers [infographic]
This great infographic puts the numbers on Zynga and Rovio side by side. With Rovio planning an IPO next year, it is doomed to the same crisis as Zynga? Can Zynga even hope to emulate Rovio's success...
- Posted 12 years ago
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Dear Rovio, please don’t IPO, you’ll kill the market
Together with law firm Osborne Clarke, I host a lunch 3 or 4 times a year where a bunch of games companies and financial investors get together to chat about the games business and the difficulties of...
- Posted 12 years ago
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Zynga’s share price collapses as status as "Facebook proxy" disappears
Zynga's shares have fallen by 11.4% in the fast few minutes since Facebook started trading in the US. I'm kicking myself for not seeing this coming.
- Posted 12 years ago