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SEGA has successfully acquired Rovio (mynintendonews.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently the Angry Birds games are still popular and strong

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds exactly like what Sega wants

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mobile games and popular mobile IPs print money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pachinko machines

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

SEEEEEEGGGGGAAAAA!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@NotTheOnlyGamer

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