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…
SEGA has successfully acquired Rovio
https://mynintendonews.com/2023/08/18/sega-has-successfully-acquired-rovio/
9 Comments
jon@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
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
Apparently the Angry Birds games are still popular and strong
conciselyverbose@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
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
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
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!