Several start-ups have also rebuffed Zynga this year, including Rovio. This summer, Rovio, the maker of the popular mobile game Angry Birds, walked away from discussions of a deal worth roughly $2.25 billion in cash and stock, three people briefed on the situation said
Ouch. The article also points out that PopCap sold to EA instead of Zynga due to fears about the corporate culture.
Although, I didn’t realize that Zynga was already profitable, so kudos to them for that.
Source: The New York Times
