Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by l0nwlf on Friday March 18, 2011 @08:18AM
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"Bounce Evolution" is supposedly the best game available on N900. Although N900 itself was never a successful platform but the game had immersive quality, just like Angry Birds.
Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by PatrickTulskie on Friday March 18, 2011 @09:24AM
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I think that's why they just took in a ton of cash. They need to make more games and I'm sure resources are already stretched thin. Look at some of the best games in the store though - they all involve puzzles and cute characters. Cut the Rope is another example. Keep using the same formula, vary your puzzle types, and push more stuff out that is updated frequently.
Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by ig1 on Friday March 18, 2011 @08:34AM
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NY seems to be a strange choice for a non-US company, in recent years most international IPOs have been going to London rather than NY due to the immense cost of listing in the US because of SOX.
More than anything this seems like a sign of a bubble, a huge number of games companies are listed in the UK (also Zynga and FB investor DST) so you have analysts and investors who know how to price these sorts of companies.
NY on the other hand has far more unsophisticated buyers (mom & pop investors), if you wanted to push a consumer product company to a price beyond which the financials indicate is sensible, NY would be the place to do it.
Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by alexhektor on Friday March 18, 2011 @11:03AM
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there's someone thinking longterm.., but he's so right, one more somewhat successful batch of consoles is all I give them. Time to get disrupted there in the next decade.
and yes, bubblywobblybobbleblobb. But who cares? Majority of today's bubble companies will be or at least could be profitable long before their IPO if they wanted to.
And the bubble signs were there over 2 years ago. Too many companies getting funded. But is it a bad thing? Nope.
Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by sudonim on Friday March 18, 2011 @09:41AM
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I didn't expect the quality of IPOs would go down so quickly. If Rovio can find another sucker to pay for their risk, good for them, bad for the sucker.
Re:Angry Birds creator Rovio to IPO in New York?
by bhousel on Friday March 18, 2011 @09:51AM
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I dunno. People love Angry Birds. I kinda believe in this team.
Somewhat related recent discovery: If you ever find yourself in the position of needing to entertain a 3 year old who doesn't speak your language, Angry Birds works wonders. The gameplay is so simple and universal that anyone can play it.
Do they have any success apart from Angry Birds? For games company, repeatable success seems to be crucial.
[ http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=bounce-evolution ]
More than anything this seems like a sign of a bubble, a huge number of games companies are listed in the UK (also Zynga and FB investor DST) so you have analysts and investors who know how to price these sorts of companies.
NY on the other hand has far more unsophisticated buyers (mom & pop investors), if you wanted to push a consumer product company to a price beyond which the financials indicate is sensible, NY would be the place to do it.
http://blogs.forbes.com/insertcoin/2011/03/15/angry-birds-ex...
and yes, bubblywobblybobbleblobb. But who cares? Majority of today's bubble companies will be or at least could be profitable long before their IPO if they wanted to.
And the bubble signs were there over 2 years ago. Too many companies getting funded. But is it a bad thing? Nope.
Somewhat related recent discovery: If you ever find yourself in the position of needing to entertain a 3 year old who doesn't speak your language, Angry Birds works wonders. The gameplay is so simple and universal that anyone can play it.