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Angry Birds developer Rovio got acquired by Sega (toucharcade.com)
submitted 1 year ago by higgsone to c/technology
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[โ€“] Potatos_are_not_friends 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wild. I remember Angry Birds was everywhere, almost Pokemon-levels of public appeal and generating wheelbarrows of money.

And then poof, like beanie babies and tamogatchis.

[โ€“] Brodude 17 points 1 year ago

They went from '1 dollar to get the full game', with starwars deals and so on to 'generic p2w for whales'. The innovation wasn't here anymore and they shot themselves in the foot with dumb pricing/gameplay.

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