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BasilZero on 15 April 2023
CaptainExplosion said:

Yeah, why? What could Sega gain from this? I didn't think Angry Birds was as big as it used to be.

IP ownership.

They can still make money from existing copies/versions of the game and still make money from any expansion of the IP to stuff like TV shows, movies, etc.





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Zkuq on 15 April 2023
SKMBlake said:
the-pi-guy said:

and then you hear about some random mobile developer no one on gaming forums seems to have ever heard of getting sold for a $1 billion or something. 

We all know who Rovio is, but it would be lile buying MySpace, who even play Angry Birds anymore ? They past their prime a very long time ago

I don't know about the popularity of Angry Birds at this point, but the revenue chart @the-pi-guy posted seems to indicate that Rovio is definitely not comparable to MySpace. If anything, it seems they're at their prime, despite the perceived lack of visibility.



CaptainExplosion on 15 April 2023
Zkuq said:
SKMBlake said:

We all know who Rovio is, but it would be lile buying MySpace, who even play Angry Birds anymore ? They past their prime a very long time ago

I don't know about the popularity of Angry Birds at this point, but the revenue chart @the-pi-guy posted seems to indicate that Rovio is definitely not comparable to MySpace. If anything, it seems they're at their prime, despite the perceived lack of visibility.

There are people here who remember MySpace?



SanAndreasX on 15 April 2023

Confirmed: The Red Bird will be a Persona in P6.

Speaking of which, this is a little over seven times what Sega paid to acquire Atlus ten years ago. 



Leynos on 15 April 2023
SanAndreasX said:

Confirmed: The Red Bird will be a Persona in P6.

Speaking of which, this is a little over seven times what Sega paid to acquire Atlus ten years ago. 

 Yet Atlus puts out 7 quadrillion times the quality.



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AJNShelton on 15 April 2023
BasilZero said:
CaptainExplosion said:

Yeah, why? What could Sega gain from this? I didn't think Angry Birds was as big as it used to be.

IP ownership.

They can still make money from existing copies/versions of the game and still make money from any expansion of the IP to stuff like TV shows, movies, etc.

They already did that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angry_Birds_Movie#:~:text=The%20Angry%20Birds%20Movie%20(also,distributed%20by%20Sony%20Pictures%20Releasing.

Grossed 352 million $



AJNShelton on 15 April 2023
CaptainExplosion said:
Zkuq said:

I don't know about the popularity of Angry Birds at this point, but the revenue chart @the-pi-guy posted seems to indicate that Rovio is definitely not comparable to MySpace. If anything, it seems they're at their prime, despite the perceived lack of visibility.

There are people here who remember MySpace?

Justin Timberlake probably



AJNShelton on 15 April 2023
Zkuq said:
SKMBlake said:

We all know who Rovio is, but it would be lile buying MySpace, who even play Angry Birds anymore ? They past their prime a very long time ago

I don't know about the popularity of Angry Birds at this point, but the revenue chart @the-pi-guy posted seems to indicate that Rovio is definitely not comparable to MySpace. If anything, it seems they're at their prime, despite the perceived lack of visibility.

Well their net income (which is the most important aspect) aren't that faboulous https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249218/rovio-annual-net-income/ and def not worth 1 billion from my perspective, but I don't work for Sega



Leynos on 15 April 2023
CaptainExplosion said:
Zkuq said:

I don't know about the popularity of Angry Birds at this point, but the revenue chart @the-pi-guy posted seems to indicate that Rovio is definitely not comparable to MySpace. If anything, it seems they're at their prime, despite the perceived lack of visibility.

There are people here who remember MySpace?

 I remember Friendster and Napster.  Google Video. Ebaums world.



Bite my shiny metal cockpit!

AJNShelton on 15 April 2023
Leynos said:
CaptainExplosion said:

There are people here who remember MySpace?

 I remember Friendster and Napster.  Google Video. Ebaums world.

Oh I recall Google video too