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At their hight, when the popularity was near endless, they could probably have sold for many billions to some of the big players (Microsoft?). But what do they
by solarkraft 4y ago
At their hight, when the popularity was near endless, they could probably have sold for many billions to some of the big players (Microsoft?).
But what do they do now? Sega must have some big revitalization plans. I'm not saying that it can't work, but I don't quite see it at this point.
Data point: I was at an AR (kind of) golf venue and they offered an Angry Birds mode (which they were really proud of). I thought it was pretty bad.
- HPsquared 4y agoOne-hit wonder?
- tough 4y agoAngry Bids
- NBJack 4y agoI prefer to go for the multi-hit, but the blue ones don't have enough inertia. In all seriousness, mobile gaming is an extremely crowded market. To their credit, they capitalized on their early success and did what they could to build what appears to be a franchise. And the first movie wasn't all that bad!
- mcphage 4y agoBad Piggies was one of my favorite games, ever.
- anshumankmr 4y agoAngry Birds (and its sequel) as well as Angry Birds: Star Wars were absolute hits, I think. Bad Piggies was also fantastic.
- moogly 4y agoCertainly a one-IP-hit wonder. Amazing Alex was a flop, wasn't it?
- mathgeek 4y agoPossibly. Their annual revenue [0] seems to be peaking in the low-to-mid ~six~ nine digits. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249220/rovio-revenue-segment/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249220/rovio-revenue-se...
- dgellow 4y ago> But what do they do now? I mean, look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovio_Entertainment#2009%E2%80%93present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovio_Entertainment#2009%E2%80... They have 2 released Angry Birds movies, 11 TV series, non-stop game releases for the past decade. They seem to be doing a lot of things.