“I don’t [expletive] want innovation,” the ex-employee recalls Pincus saying. “You’re not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.”
Further evidence:
FarmVille is similar almost to the pixel to a rival game called Farm Town that debuted months earlier, and Mafia Wars is lifted wholesale from Mob Wars… a pilfering which ended in a lawsuit.
When it's obvious and unimaginative.
Quoted from a former employee:
“I don’t [expletive] want innovation,” the ex-employee recalls Pincus saying. “You’re not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.”
Further evidence:
FarmVille is similar almost to the pixel to a rival game called Farm Town that debuted months earlier, and Mafia Wars is lifted wholesale from Mob Wars… a pilfering which ended in a lawsuit.