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[Lunatic_Gamer]

 

[reksveks]

From leak to completed very quickly.

I do wonder what the next mobile publisher to get bought. The premium on mobile publishers is high, this deal is in-line with that.

 

[Robb]

 

[cireza]

They throw hundreds of millions for more mobile games, and then they throw 50$ at a random team to make a Panzer Dragoon/SoR/whatever revival. SEGA

 

[DenchDeckard]

MS be like,

 

[Davevil]

but why?

 

[Varteras]

MS be like,

Just a couple days to go!

 

[MMaRsu]

They throw hundreds of millions for more mobile games, and then they throw 50$ at a random team to make a Panzer Dragoon/SoR/whatever revival. SEGA

but why?

New studios, skilled developers

 

[hemo memo]

Money down the drain.

 

[L*][*N*K]

I honestly don't understand this purchase, can't they just make an Angry Birds clone with Sonic Characters on a weekend with Unity?

 

[Soltype]

Now buy the Fruit Ninja guys next, smh. It's crazy to think they're sitting on a goldmine of IPs and they're spending money on this.

 

[lh032]

I honestly don't understand this purchase, can't they just make an Angry Birds clone with Sonic Characters on a weekend with Unity?

sonic cant fly.

 

[winjer]

This is such an underwhelming acquisition.

 

[feynoob]

but why?

Mobile makes more money.
Console is okish, but doesn't print out a lot of money.
With Japan being interested more in mobile games, it makes sense for Sega to invest in this market.
Plus Sega toys will get angry birds as merchandise.

 

[SantaC]

New studios, skilled developers

Lol they had a hit of a mobile game 15 years ago. They havent made anything of significance since then.

Sega messed up

 

[PanzerCute]

They throw hundreds of millions for more mobile games, and then they throw 50$ at a random team to make a Panzer Dragoon/SoR/whatever revival. SEGA

They throw 0 money on these, they are just licencing the IP, so it is just free cash for them.

 

[GymWolf]

So we get this angry shit instead of condemned 3?

 

[Ar¢tos]

sonic cant fly.

He can eat a mushroom that gives him wings or something like that.
Can any of the Angry Birds actually fly? Aren't they thrown with a catapult or slingshot thingy?

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Throw Sonic at those pigs

 

[ahtlas7]

Quickest rumor to closed deal ever?

Now, do that with your game announcement and releases.

 

[L*][*N*K]

sonic cant fly.

The birds in Angry Birds don't fly either, you throw them at pigs with a slingshot, what a weird concept.

 

[Ozzie666]

Slot machines based on Angry Birds?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I honestly don't understand this purchase, can't they just make an Angry Birds clone with Sonic Characters on a weekend with Unity?

Acquiring a lot of talent for mobile. It's not just about Angry Birds. They didn't aqcquire the IP. It's the studio. Angry Birds isn't even their biggest draw for this.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Acquiring a lot of talent for mobile. It's not just about Angry Birds. They didn't aqcquire the IP. It's the studio. Angry Birds isn't even their biggest draw for this.

I understand that, I just don't see that it was worth over 700 million that they could have invested in Persona 5 spinoffs

 

[nikolino840]

Mobile makes more money.
Console is okish, but doesn't print out a lot of money.
With Japan being interested more in mobile games, it makes sense for Sega to invest in this market.
Plus Sega toys will get angry birds as merchandise.

Mobile and nft..there's a lot of project in jp with nft

 

[Zones]

I think it's a sad day to the people who say 'talent wins', because just look at the incredible protfolio and talent of Square Enix's western division compared to Rovio, and that division had to sell for about third of Rovio.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I think it's a sad day to the people who say 'talent wins', because just look at the incredible protfolio and talent of Square Enix's western division compared to Rovio, and that division had to sell for about third of Rovio.

Square-Enix games were flopping and were expensive as hell to make. The latest Tomb Raider, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc...
These mobile games aren't nearly as expensive and print a lot more money.

 

[In Cold Blood]

You would think that if Sega is looking at acquiring more for themselves then they arnt looking to sell.

 

[Rykan]

but why?

Rovio has a lot of valuable expertise and experience launching successful mobile brands in the US/EU in particular. They've also been very successful in creating cross media franchises.

 

[Jibran#one]

but why?

Imagine angry birds 3 and it's a solid hit with millions of downloads.
The real cash is in mobile one big hit and sega is set for years

 

[Zones]

Square-Enix games were flopping and were expensive as hell to make. The latest Tomb Raider, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc...
These mobile games aren't nearly as expensive and print a lot more money.

That was exactly my point.

Tomb Raider, GOTG, and Deus Ex are downright excellent games with so much passion and talent poured into them, and yet super simplistic 'has-been' mobile games from the likes of Rovio can still demand three times the price of Square Enix's entire western division.

I only meant to say that this reality is rather bleak and quite unfortunate...

 

[Team Andromeda]

Nice to see SEGA got some serious cash to spend.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Microsoft:

 

[SirKicksalot]

Please add the birds as Total Warhammer units.

 

[Thief1987]

but why?

They have lost pachinko business, maybe they see it as a substitute cash cow.

 

[Davevil]

Rovio has a lot of valuable expertise and experience launching successful mobile brands in the US/EU in particular. They've also been very successful in creating cross media franchises.

Rovio has been irrelevant for about ten years
In the cross media franchise Sega was able to carve out its successful niche with the two Sonic films

 

[SF Kosmo]

And Sony got Insomniac for what? 300M?

I don't understand what Rovio has of that kind of value over the next 10 years. Yeah Angry Birds was a hit, it got merchandised and spun off to all hell, but who cares now? Who will care in 5 years? This isn't Minecraft, the fad is already over.

 

[Three]

Imagine angry birds 3 and it's a solid hit with millions of downloads.
The real cash is in mobile one big hit and sega is set for years

I don't think it will do that well. Rovio recently delisted Angry Birds because people were buying that instead of the f2p sequels with reoccurring mtx.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rovio-delists-original-angry-birds-due-to-impact-on-free-to-play-games

 

[ParaSeoul]

Next jet set radio is supposed to be live service so not looking good

 

[cireza]

They throw 0 money on these, they are just licencing the IP, so it is just free cash for them.

And we get fan-games instead of something ambitious and decent.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[nani17]

 

[SJRB]

706 MILLION euros????

 

[Fat Frog]

Well, under that circumstance (30% cheaper than the rumoured $1 billion deal), i change my mind.

I think it's now an OK deal and i guess with the tremendous inflation it's better to invest than saving (loosing...)money.

 

[SleepySlippy]

Next Angry Birds title gonna be exclusive to Sega's next gen console.
Groundbreaking.

 

[Spyxos]

And Sony got Insomniac for what? 300M?

I don't understand what Rovio has of that kind of value over the next 10 years. Yeah Angry Birds was a hit, it got merchandised and spun off to all hell, but who cares now? Who will care in 5 years? This isn't Minecraft, the fad is already over.

The movies were relatively successful and you sell a lot of toys with them.

 

[Fbh]

Sega is like:
"No Skyler... I'm the one who acquires"

Anyway seems like a waste of money for on a one hit wonder studio or declining popularity

 

[Saber]

Wow...boring. Waste of money if you ask me.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I understand that, I just don't see that it was worth over 700 million that they could have invested in Persona 5 spinoffs

At its peak Angry Birds was probably making more money in a year than every single Persona game ever made combined.

 

[GHound]

Hope they had some ideas to increase the overall profitability going in or this will be a money pit for a long time.