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Yeah. I mean come on! At least remaster Panzer Dragoon Saga. Do you know how long I have waited for that? I know the source code is lost, but it's a fairly simple game by today's standards. It shouldnt be too difficult..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
Yeah I agree that peak was long ago, but still cost wise it is probably cheaper to churn out a bunch of mobile games as opposed to something like a Persona 5 - and the Persona games aren't even big budget games really. It is all very depressing and the only hope is that either mobile gaming "grows up" or dies out.
That is a fair point, I always forget that a game like Genshin is hugely mobile.
I guess the 500 Rovio developers won't limit themselves to Angry Bird. They possibly will adapt Sega IPs to mobile market, Angry Birds could gain visibility with an Olympic Game cross over with Sonic on Mobile, PlayStation, Xbox. This IP could also have more efficient movie adaptations with Sega's partners (Paramount) and Sega's own excellent CG Studio (Marza Planet).
I don’t understand why you people don’t understand how useless those IPs are.
I would love to see this. However I don't think that it is such a simple game though. Everything happening during battle would require a ton of work. There are a lot of animations and 3D effects. Also the fact that the dragon changes form dynamically depending on the stats. And then you have hours of cutscenes to redo.
Can't wait for an Angro Birdo-kun random encounter.
Why not have low risk, middle potential.Streets of Rage 4 was a success, and i'm sure it didn't break the bank.
It's not. Type "panzer dragoon saga source code" on youtube and a panzer dragoon post mortem interview indicate it isn't anymore...
Angry chao!
This is not the same company.
So?
www.gamesindustry.biz
The acquisition marks Sega's move to establish a foothold in the mobile gaming market, which is lucrative but highly competitive.
Discussions between the two companies began in June 2022, almost a year ago, initially focusing on potential business opportunities but later evolved into acquisition talks.
Rovio's acquisition represents a premium of approximately 63% compared to the undisturbed share price.
Sega's objective is to expand its business in the global market, learn new strengths from Rovio's high level of development and management capabilities, and achieve significant growth.
Rovio may be more directly involved in bringing Sega IP to mobile, rather than playing a supporting role.
So they got Rovio for $776 million? Better deal than I thought. Rovio essentially becomes Sega Mobile, which means they don't have to spend time and money developing their own.Sega Reveals Why it's Spending $770 Million on the Developer of Angry Birds
Last month, Sega revealed its intent to purchase developer Rovio Entertainment in a deal worth [...]comicbook.com
During an investor Q&A answered by Sega Sammy president and vice-president Haruki Satomi and Koichi Fukazawa, the company revealed that it hopes Rovio's success with casual gamers will help Sega improve in that same department.
"...Rovio's titles have been very well received by casual gamers. They own not only Angry Birds, but also a game studio that develops hyper-casual games and thus possesses strengths that our Group does not. Once the acquisition is successfully complete, we expect to be able to obtain such expertise and capabilities."
Christian Whitehead faces a new challenger for Sega mobile games work
www.videogameschronicle.com
Could've used that money to bail out Yuji Naka.Sega has completed its acquisition of Rovio | VGC
The deal to take over the Angry Birds studio for €706 million was announced in April…
Sorry but why does it matter when both can co exist without either interrupting the way either operate. Sure there has been some overlap with micro transactions but a developer like Insomniac will still produce the games they are known for. And I bet they are content with being where they are relative to the big mobile developers.
It just feels unfair, which is of course irrelevant, but mobile stuff feels also massively unproductive.
Sure do, but what do they actually do? Milking whales, after a bunch of people in their garages/ mom's basement did some hours of programming with an idea one of them had. And then they squeeze it for years and need a multitude of people for that. Wth? What a waste would it have been if eg Nintendo basically stopped after eg Donkey Kong. Developers play it increasingly safe, but still every now and then put some new banger out. Is there even one of those mobile empires that did a second succesful game? Or is it all about hitting gold/oil once and then built your entire existence around that one hit? Mobile has some interesting games, Cut the Rope being imho one of the very few I ever played where I have to applaud the idea, while most others are just okayish time wasters at best (Angry Birds among those, sort of following Mohrhuhnjagd). Succesful only because too many people with disposable income throwing money at their way because it is just convenient, but a super stagnant platform. Visually they caught up, games look very decent for some years, but everything is infested by leeches and I always leave disappointed when trying to find anything on the Play store.
