EA sues Zynga, claims The Ville is a Sims Social clone

You guys need to wrap your heads around the difference between SIMILAR GAMES that share gameplay mechanics or genres, and COPIES that share much more than that. The EA representative clearly states that Zynga's game has uncanny similarities across all of it's game's assets. They have similar art-style, similar animations, even similar UI. I don't like what EA does or how they operate, but I know they are right in doing this. And for the record, EA's Skate is not a rip-off of Tony Hawk, not in any way shape or form. And besides, Tony Hawk was sitting on a monopoly, it's about time they had some competition.

In my opinion EA is right to sue Zynga, if you read the article "How Zynga cloned its way to success" there's a line that sums it all up;  "I don't want innovation," he said. "You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers." Boom case closed gtfo Zynga you're not a true game company you're just trying to cash in on other companies' success. On a side note people may not like EA because it's trying to take over other companies or genres or whatever, but that's a fundamental of business, you try to get rid of your competitors so that you're top-dog. Get used to it. 

In light of these events, perhaps Zynga should stop it's Facebook advertising.

Just seen: "Sims dragging you down? Fun lives here. Play THE VILLE."

From now on let's call that advert Exhibit C

EA isn't suing Zynga because of any integrity reasons. EA doesn't care about the similarity of the games. Nope, just like the many shady business practices they've accomplished in the past, this is just another one. They're simply suing to give Zynga more negative press. They are hitting the company while they are already taking big hits. This is an effective way to attempt to ruin Zynga even more. This way, EA can then capitalize on their market, and then possibly own it. All of the EA apologists out there, you're asking for this. To those who think I'm grasping at straws, EA's pulled a shitload of these stunts before.

EA are opening up a can of worms here. Zynga might be copying scumbags but as Zynga pointed out SimCity Social looks a lot like CityVille so EA might well find Zynga suing them right back. The Games industry is largely based on a fairly small set of mechanics that have been proven to work well. Innovation comes in the little things. Unless zynga have stolen assets from the game EA are fighting a suite based on mechanics and if they win, well it might be kind of funny to see if id software can sue every other creator of first person shooter games for stealing their mechanics. I kind of wish both parties could lose 

Awww, one of those fights I wish could be lost by both parts :3

Maybe they can keep copying and sueing each other until they both collapse in a black hole of **** or something...

Honestly, Zynga have some balls, or their greed is too strong. I walked past someone playing this and I asked, "Oh, is this the new Sims game?". I was pretty shocked when she said no. It's a blatant rip-off and anyone who has played the original Sims games can see that. 

I've never played a Zynga game, never will but doing such an injustice voids any respect for a company. In this case I'd like to see Zynga burn anyway.

So go EA! And die Zynga, DIE!

I love corporate p1ssing contests.

P.S. Hopefully EA will deface themselves by doing something greedy(like always) and then they will get a beat-down too. Then it's a win win.

Bitchfight!

i'd like to point out that this isn't the first time zynga has been sued for copying other peoples' work, which seems to be their only development strategy.

you could do a search in your fav search engine for "How Zynga cloned its way to success".

you can also search for "Mark Pincus Says It's Smart To Be A Copycat".

ea sue what?!? WOW!

Most games are a clone of another game and EA just noticed this and don't they do the exact same thing? Some people should not have access to legal representation ever.

Great news,  one doll house simulator in the world is more than enough. 

Never played Zynga games.

I have an idea EA should buy Zynga too

Ya, you show them EA! You are such a good company that never clones what other companies are doing, you make new and innovative games like Battlefield, Skate and Need For Speed, none of which had games exactly like them before they came out! You are such a moral company who cares about the customer you deserve to sue a company that doesn't do the same bullshit you do.

Obviously I was being sarcastic, in case you didn't know. Zynga copies other developers games, sure but so does EA. Two rights don't make a wrong but you can't get pissed at someone who's a thief just because they broke into your house full of shit you've stolen.

LOL, EA needs to be sued by their players for The Sims period. The game wouldn't have lasted this long if it wasn't for the modding community. Zynga are definitely thieves (Vor V Zakone probably), and how stupid can you be to steal from The Sims universe if your not going to make a better clone. Yeah, it will be scrutinized by all walks of gaming life but if its better and differs in some ways, especially cosmetically, then its worthy. Otherwise, it's a pointless waste of time and resources.

This is the most amazing thing I've heard....

Go jump off a bridge EA.

Well, duh. Every game Zynga makes is a rip-off of someone else's.

I think one will find this has nothing to do with "looks the same" comparison, if the game engine and functionality turns out to be the same then for me EA shouldn't have to worry, in the end if their game ends up being more buggy than theirs then they've lost automatically.

There is always a chance that things looks simliar, just look at what Apple are trying to do with Samsung and Google, in the end if they look the same or not if the consumer buys the product and likes it then it just means EA and Apple have to work a bit more harder.

@wizardboyus Who cares about what he said? I didn't waste my time reading all that mess. All I cared about was the point he was trying to make. I agree he could've went about it better but nobody is bending your wrist. Sign it or move on, this is not rocket science.

"the case is a matter of principle" Or money. Or the stupid law that makes companies paranoid bastards, because it says that copyright owners must take action against potential copyright infringement or otherwise lose the protection of their IP. That has led to companies taking a  "sue and ask questions later" policy, just to be safe. It's the same mechanism that causes journalists to self censor themselves to avoid getting into trouble (in less democratic countries) - because they can't be sure that not doing so wouldn't do any harm. Fear rules supreme and (only?) the lawyers rejoice.