Comments on: Hasbro drops 'Scrabulous' lawsuit

Wildly popular game was pulled from Facebook after the toy maker filed its copyright and trademark lawsuit against the unauthorized online game's creators.

[QuetzalcoatlUSA]

Wow, from half a million users a day to 8,900. This is yet another example of a company who overestimated the value of their brand, and worse still, the flash-whims of a relatively small group of users. Those on Hasbro's board and legal department who advised against just paying-off the brothers or working out a licensing deal with their app must be kicking themselves for blowing a chance to ride a nice little wave. Jeers all around for litigation and wasted opportunities that benefit users.

[therealbean]

And you know that Hasbro did not pursue such a licensing arrangement with the brothers how, exactly?

[Pambie36]

You've got that right. I will boycott all Hasbro/Mattel products in the future. The Agarwalla brothers enabled me to play the game I've loved since childhood - quickly, smoothly and seamlessly - with people from all over the world. Every other application I've tried, including the one officially "sanctioned" by those pompous ***** of the International Scrabble Club and the glitzy, ad-laden Pogo game - SUCK.

[dgp7]

Maybe the lower numbers are due to Electronic Arts DRM only allowing one Facebook user at a time to play it? :)

[MSSlayer]

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving collection of scum.

[dracoaffectus]

hmm, now the official Scrabble app, which is apparently still in "Beta", has over 400,000 monthly active users, and Wordscraper has just under 200,000 monthly active users

maybe that explains why they dropped the suit...they just wanted their version to be more popular

[Dr_Zinj]

Hasbro = Has-been

[idfubar]

In response to 'therealbean': With any luck the *real* story of whether Hasbro sought to make nice first will come to light - clearly no one knows...