September 9, 2010
Angry Birds to Calm Down?
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2010 I’m pretty confident most of you will at least have seen Angry Birds, the incredibly addictive iPhone and iPad game that has almost singlehandedly made iOS a viable gaming platform. However, in spite of 6.5 million sales worldwide, it’s barely scratched the charts here in Japan—something on which […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2010
I’m pretty confident most of you will at least have seen Angry Birds, the incredibly addictive iPhone and iPad game that has almost singlehandedly made iOS a viable gaming platform. However, in spite of 6.5 million sales worldwide, it’s barely scratched the charts here in Japan—something on which maker Rovio has asked me to shed a little light later in September as part of my own PR business. That’s a disclosure, BTW.
While this isn’t part of that effort, early research is suggesting some Japanese phone gamers accustomed to paying ¥315 or more per month to effectively rent a game on their handsets are suspicious of something so utterly excellent for just ¥115, period. Oh, and that includes free updates for life. Too good to be true, perhaps? Hardly.
Anyway, while that’s just hearsay at the minute, I hope to find out what’s really going on when we get into the meat of the campaign. Until then, spread the good word, people.
