SEGA has successfully acquired Rovio

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/08/18/sega-has-successfully-acquired-rovio/

SEGA has announced today that their acquisition of mobile video game marker Rovio has been successful. The Finnish developer is best known for its ultra-successful Angry Birds series of games which…

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jon@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (5 replies)

So, uh, not to sound out of the loop here, but what exactly is Sega getting here? They spent close to a billion dollars for...the Angry Birds IP?

Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Apparently the Angry Birds games are still popular and strong

conciselyverbose@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They were good shit before they turned from buy to play to arcade style quarter dumps.

peter@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y

Sounds exactly like what Sega wants

Neato@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

Mobile games and popular mobile IPs print money.

BobKerman3999@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
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londos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Wait, are angry birds angry because they were the ones trapped inside badnicks?

NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I wonder what this means for Sega now. I hope it's not predicting a pivot to mobile-first.

somas@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

@NotTheOnlyGamer

The arcade scene today is full of mobile IP reimagined as quarter munchers

jeebus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

SEEEEEEGGGGGAAAAA!