"... Will Scrabulous users be so mad at Hasbro that they will go find new games to play or will they decide that they really want to play Scrabble and if the only way to do that is through the official site, so be it?

Of course, much will depend on whether or not the official version works as well as the clone. Hasbro better hope it does or they could be dead on arrival."

– David Title, MyMediaMusings, "Scrabble Kills Scrabulous -- Backlash Brewing?"

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