Sentences with phrase «flameouts like»

While there are flameouts like OMGPOP's Draw Something, which Zynga paid $ 180 million for, there are also titles with more staying power like Backflip's Dragonvale or Rovio's Angry Birds franchise, which is still going three years later.

Not exact matches

Lewis» book burnishes a story that might have been dismissed as a formulaic underdog tale, like a high - toned Major League, and Beane's tortured route from big - league flameout as a player to sabermetric visionary as a general manager gives Pitt more to chew on than just tobacco.

But the stunning rise and then blazing flameout of ebooks perfectly encapsulate what has become an axiomatic truth in the industry: Single - task devices like the ebook are being replaced without remorse in the lives of consumers by their multifunction equivalents, in this case by media tablets.