Angry Birds Developer Calls Out Nintendo: "$49 pieces of plastic"

[EChondo]

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/03/angry_birds_dev_calls_nintendo_games_usd49_pieces_of_plastic
 

Whether you think Nintendo has nothing to fear from mobile games or not, it's quite a verbal battleground these days as both sides stick up for their pricing and content structure. This time it's the turn of Angry Birds developer Rovio to send a few well-chosen word birds flying through the air to attack the metaphorical green pigs of Nintendo's boxed product business.

Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio is pleased that the issue is drawing so much discussion, but he's hardly full of sympathy for Nintendo's stance:
 

It’s interesting to see people like Nintendo saying smartphones are destroying the games industry. Of course, if I was trying to sell $49 pieces of plastic to people then yes, I’d be worried too.

While it's easy to assume Vesterbacka is dismissing the value of Nintendo products, it's more reasonable to assume he's referring to the company's reliance on physical production and distribution methods as opposed to the cheap fare offered for download from Android Market, Apple App Store and other similar store fronts.

 

So I guess Nintendo's store front to download and purchase games from doesn't count as digital?

 

I don't think Rovio is in a position to bad mouth Nintendo when they are selling $39.99 games that are PLASTIC too.

[CoolBeans]

The only mobile games that ruin the game industry are the ones that seep over into other forms of gaming like PC or console ie: Angry Birds.

[alchemist11]

The original article is almost three years old... <_<

[EChondo]

The original article is almost three years old... <_<

And that's what I get for using Reddit once for news...

 

However, I could pose this off as how hypocritical Rovio is and how relevant this article is! Yeah, let's go with that!

[Imaginaerum]

This is so chalk-full of hypocrisy that it'll probably be laughed at then get blown over. Besides, I like paying $50 for Nintendo's plastic.

[werto165]

Why would anyone pay $40 for that ?b Its free on android and probably ios .You can even play the apk through blue stacks on ur pc if you wanted to.