Keyser_Soze Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Angry Birds company Rovio may sell to Sega for $1 billion - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM The company behind Sonic may be buying Angry Birds. Quote Sega is reportedly close to buying Rovio Entertainment — the company that owns the Angry Birds mobile game franchise — for a whopping $1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sega may lock in the big deal by early next week, according to people speaking with WSJ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I'm so out of the loop on what's popular these days. I thought Angry Birds fizzled out years and years ago. Also, Sega making deals in the billion dollar range is quite interesting. All that Sonic Frontier money! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, Derek said: I'm so out of the loop on what's popular these days. I thought Angry Birds fizzled out years and years ago. Also, Sega making deals in the billion dollar range is quite interesting. All that Sonic Frontier money! All that Sonic movie money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 54 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: All that Sonic movie money. That's right! Didn't even think of that. Thank you, Keyser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I'd much rather SEGA puts out a new console with that money, but maybe that's just me, I don't know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I kind of like that a historic arcade company would pick them up. But Angry Birds is all Rovio ever does. 1 billion sounds steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Sonic and Angry Birds team-up movie incoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I mean, they’ve got a billion available, surely they’d be better to either buy up some studios to grow their game business, reinvest in some of the more outlandish Sega things (arcades and retail), or hold on to it for the eventual bubble to burst. This seems…odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Hope they grab Atari for $800 million next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LazyPiranha Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 It seems like they routinely make between 250-300 million in revenue a year, so it doesn’t seem like the world’s worst investment. Keep the Angry Birds train rolling a bit and use their mobile knowhow to crank out a few Sega themed mobile games and you’re comfortably in the black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I can’t wait to fling Sonic, Nights, and that little dwarf from Golden Axe at various buildings in two years time from a slingshot. It’ll be like 2009 all over again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 This would have been huge news in like 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 10:18 PM, Derek said: I'm so out of the loop on what's popular these days. I thought Angry Birds fizzled out years and years ago. Also, Sega making deals in the billion dollar range is quite interesting. All that Sonic Frontier money! It's probably for Sammy to make Angry Birds themed pachinko machines and whatnot, not for Sega to make Angry Birds video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstark Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 How tf does Sega have a billion dollars laying around? Also didn't angry birds fizzle out like 5 years ago? I am so perplexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spawn_of_Apathy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 The part of this I find most surprising is Sega has $1B to spend. Sammy sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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