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that's why I don't think what they do really matters. This is the next Zynga. You could tell that Zynga wasn't legitimate from a thousand miles away.

People that clone games lose. Always. They don't know what to do when there's nothing more to clone.

That's a weird argument. Bejeweled and Peggle (two VERY polished games, both made by PopCap games) were blatantly ripped off. (Candy Crush and Papa Pear by King are almost identical ripoffs, save for sprites).

How are the games by PopCap not polished? It irritates me even more that King copies TWO games from the same company... They truly are the new Zynga.

Bejeweled is a polished version of an earlier game. Peggle's graphics aren't exactly polished for a 2007 game. But I guess I really meant that King's strength is their polish. It's certainly not their game design originality.

Same tactic as Zynga. Still working apparently.