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SEGA has successfully acquired Rovio (mynintendonews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mike591@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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SEGA has announced today that their acquisition of mobile video game marker Rovio has been successful. The Finnish developer is best known for its ultra-successful Angry Birds series of games which…

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[–] jon@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So, uh, not to sound out of the loop here, but what exactly is Sega getting here? They spent close to a billion dollars for...the Angry Birds IP?

[–] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently the Angry Birds games are still popular and strong

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were good shit before they turned from buy to play to arcade style quarter dumps.

[–] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds exactly like what Sega wants

[–] Neato@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Mobile games and popular mobile IPs print money.