Zynga CEO Dispels Facebook Game Copying Accusations

"We're not copycats, you are. Besides, everyone copies." That sums up Zynga Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus' response to accusations that his company's upcoming Bingo release for Facebook was a copy of Bingo Blitz, from Buffalo Studios.

“We’re not copycats, you are. Besides, everyone copies.” That sums up Zynga Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus’ response to accusations that his company’s upcoming Bingo release for Facebook was a copy of Bingo Blitz, from Buffalo Studios (see infographic below).

As reported by VentureBeat’s GamesBeat, Pincus attempted to flip the script by claiming that Bingo Blitz, which has some three million average monthly users, was actually a copy of Zynga’s Poker Blitz, which averages just 4,000 monthly users.

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