Monday, March 14, 2011

The creator of Angry Birds talk about the future of the gaming market

A future course of the immediate headlines cheap Vesterbacka Peter's Rovio voiced his thoughts on casual gaming and economic models of the current gaming market. According Vesterbacka the old model, linked to the console games, is dying. The market is definitely pointing to the social and mobile licenses and the prices of classic games, which are also difficult to update, it is too high.

In addition, the creator of Angry Birds said he was tired of hearing about casual games. In his view there is no film like casual games casual and there are even a title to be assessed on the basis of what engages and entertains the player. No doubt we agree with the latter part of the affirmation and Angry Birds have undoubtedly attracted attention, with 10 million digital purchases, and is undoubtedly easy to update being developed in levels independent of each other.

But this truth must not be a way to confuse the cards and suggest that an arcade title from 79 cents to have the same content of a game sold at 60 €. These are different worlds, different targets of securities that belong to two totally different markets and whose only point of contact at the time, the formulas are promotional and the mass arrival of classic videogames in the world of digital delivery.

Source: VentureBeat

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