Animal Crossing New Leaf Generates more Revenue than all of Rovio (Angry Birds)

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BasilZero said:

Salnax said:

BasilZero said:
Didnt Angry Birds come out in 2009?

It's had new entries every year. You might as well argue that Animal Crossing came out in 2001.

Still for a "Poorly designed" and/or "cheaply designed" game it is making them a whole lot of money - along with the fact that it is way cheaper than Animal Crossing will ever be - knowing all that it is still pretty amazing.

Edit: I wonder which is bigger AC or AB franchise wise? Make a thread or one of the other sales obsessed people in this site!

I honestly don't think most people would buy iOS games if they were priced anywhere near the same as console/handheld games.  In fact, I don't think games that are $10+ tend to do that well either.  This is one reason why I think mobile games are not going to take over the dedicated handheld market and that dedicated handhelds will no longer exist.  People will still want to pay higher prices for higher quality games.  The population of people who do may change, but I doubt they'll disappear and I also doubt that the mobile market will have the well-designed games at all.  

Frankly, I think mobile games are usually bought because people always have their phones on them and are very scatterbrained, so whenever there's a moment they aren't doing something they pull out their phone and play a game like angry birds.