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Not knocking their hustle. Every company needs cash money to keep the lights on but they've only been doing TTR and branded TTR for the past two years. Twinkle,

by jw84 16y ago

Not knocking their hustle. Every company needs cash money to keep the lights on but they've only been doing TTR and branded TTR for the past two years. Twinkle, the closed in network, was cute but didn't take off. Kerfuffle over Contacts made it disappear. Point is the Tapulous team has experience and capability producing really high quality iOS apps. Now with Disney IP and security they have no excuses left to do something more interesting than dots that blip to a Hannah Montana beat. PS. When are you coming back to California?

Timothee 16y ago
Now with Disney IP and security they have no excuses left to do something more interesting than dots that blip to a Hannah Montana beat. They have no excuses not to do something more interesting…, right? Anyway, one has to give it to them: they managed to create a huge brand based on a game concept that already had a huge brand attached to it outside the iPhone world, namely "Dance Dance Revolution". I do feel that their website showing 14 TTR games out of 16 apps (apparently they had more but they are not showed there) shows that they've been milking the concept and brand to death, but in the end, that's still a major accomplishment. Especially with that kind of exit.
- jw84 16y ago
  Yes, triple negatives and all that. Actually Tapulous just remade a 13 year old Japanese game called BeatMania, which still has a huge following. So big that hackers can make decent living selling custom $200 BeatMania control boxes. So the fascination with tapping on dots isn't that out of the norm. Their licensing contracts isn't so much a reflection on their tastes, I mean, the negotiation powers isn't with them when concerning record labels.
jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
Well said. Tapulous' talent with (iOS + disney's ip)*(acquisition of wideload games bringing on board Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian) equals huge potential. ps- stay tuned. will be in town in late July.
- kevinelliott 16y ago
  I believe Tapulous starting it's downward trend when Mike Lee was forced out of the company by the investment team and other execs. $15 mil is not a lot of money for a company that had investment, and a dozen products. This ultimately smells like a ditch effort.

by jw84 16y ago

Timothee 16y ago

Now with Disney IP and security they have no excuses left to do something more interesting than dots that blip to a Hannah Montana beat. They have no excuses not to do something more interesting…, right? Anyway, one has to give it to them: they managed to create a huge brand based on a game concept that already had a huge brand attached to it outside the iPhone world, namely "Dance Dance Revolution". I do feel that their website showing 14 TTR games out of 16 apps (apparently they had more but they are not showed there) shows that they've been milking the concept and brand to death, but in the end, that's still a major accomplishment. Especially with that kind of exit.

jw84 16y ago
Yes, triple negatives and all that. Actually Tapulous just remade a 13 year old Japanese game called BeatMania, which still has a huge following. So big that hackers can make decent living selling custom $200 BeatMania control boxes. So the fascination with tapping on dots isn't that out of the norm. Their licensing contracts isn't so much a reflection on their tastes, I mean, the negotiation powers isn't with them when concerning record labels.

jasonlbaptiste 16y ago

Well said. Tapulous' talent with (iOS + disney's ip)*(acquisition of wideload games bringing on board Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian) equals huge potential. ps- stay tuned. will be in town in late July.

kevinelliott 16y ago
I believe Tapulous starting it's downward trend when Mike Lee was forced out of the company by the investment team and other execs. $15 mil is not a lot of money for a company that had investment, and a dozen products. This ultimately smells like a ditch effort.