Angry Birds to angry words: Rovio flings 14% of its staff out the door

Some corrections seem warranted...

as Zynga and King Digital are finding figured out, building a sustainable gaming business is a very tricky job passing off a one hit wonder as a major investment opportunity is a very neat trick.

as Zynga and King Digital investors are finding out, building a sustainable gaming business is a very tricky job

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ZNGA&t=5y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=

It's kind of a balancing act when a very small team lands a very big hit on mobile. I think the model going forward is to adapt the movie model, where you have the people who make the movies and those who distribute them. Both can be rewarded, but one hit movie does not a major studio make.

Maybe something where the small team pockets the profits from their initial platform and then partners with an established, non-abusive (cough, EA, cough), game company to port it to other platforms. Well-done, the major publisher can make money off an established, low-risk, game. The small team can pocket the big $ and see if they can build a steady business.

But... nothing quite as cool as a $7B valuation, eh, Zynga?

Tiny Thief is great

Lovely little game, keeps my 5 year old engaged for ages.

The tale of Angry Birds...

fling flap flop

an allegory

A game publisher like EA is like a book publisher, with a broad range of material to make money from.

a games developer is more like an author, once they run out of ideas they're in trouble.

(I seem to recall that after Catch 22 Heller had a very fallow period bookwise but was doing plays and film scripts)

I luv AB and have been doing so for 2.5 years

AND I have seen a number of addicts being p***ed off by some strange attitudes; attitudes that an invincible Microsoft once used to exhibit.

(I spare everyone the list of my own!)

Things go up and down, markets and interest. Though when there are clear signs of some arrogant, or de-focused, or money-milking attitudes; one must not wonder too much about the underlying reasons for a downward trend.