Stop ?!

It’s exactly as @grimmjow says.

I too would prefer it if Rovio was to make us pay once for an app that is complete. Instead, they took the same way as many mobile game companies – commonly referred to as “Freemium”. While that is a way to make money – it’s not customer-friendly.

To me, Angry Birds was always a slingshot game – and will always be. No new soft-launch game could change my opinion on that. The original game is still enjoyable; however, I’m seeing it’s starting to get ruined now as well. It used to be an app to pay for; now, however, it’s free, and there’s more and more in-app purchases, namely for that new Mighty League feature (which isn’t that new – see ABEpic and AB2, where an arena already exists). If only it were restricted to the Mighty Eagle; that was a neat addition, like a new game mode. I loved it. However, in Angry Birds 2, ME has been degraded to a SPELL.

While Angry Birds Epic is a nice side game, it’s only really fun until you beat Wizpig in his castle. Afterwards, it’s poorly extended with the Chronicle Caves that are outside of any story, and the rest of the game is just pure grinding and hunting for new collectibles.
(I still play Rovio’s game, because I’m a completionist gamer type. I need M15 on all birds, I need all classes, I need all Elite hat upgrades.)

I won’t abandon Rovio’s games (I can’t really blame them, they just do what everyone else does – I’d rather curse at the whole video game industry for drifting away into pure capitalism). But I focus only on a single game which is Epic. While I could still play the slingshot games, that too is starting to feel like a mere tool to keep us busy. AB2, for example, doesn’t feel like a lot of heart has been put into the levels; in fact, they’re COMPUTER-generated now and definite walkthroughs like in the original games, where a level would only have a single possible layout, have become impossible. A computer has no heart.

But also, one positive thing if that even is a positive thing…
I used to play Plants vs. Zombies 2.
This game includes some so-called “Premium plants” that are either revived classics, or completely new plants that sound totally useless. They CAN’T be purchased with in-game currencies; instead, you HAVE to spend real money on them. In-app purchases driven ad absurdum. At least Rovio doesn’t do THAT (yet).

…Ok. I haven’t played that game. Never mind then…

What is so great about this Freemium crap…? Rovio would make JUST as much money with 50 million people paying €1 to play, as with 5 million people paying €10 on average for in-app purchases. And the latter is probably exaggerated.
Plus, customers would be a lot happier with the better economy that a P2P game provides.

Or they could do it like Nintendo. They too have got F2P games. One example being Pokémon Rumble World. However, IAP’s are limited to a certain amount of money, and once you reach that cap, you get an unlimited source of in-game currency making it just as good as the retail version of the game.

Or how about Halfbrick? Example Jetpack Joyride. It’s an F2P game. But for a low amount of money (when I purchased it it was €0.79, now it’s €4.99 but still reasonable), you get all collected coins doubled, making it half as stressful to get the things you want.
(I heard AB GO! had a similar coin doubler but it was removed with the 2.0 update I heard – BAD move.)

6 Years ago, Rovio Entertainment was actually Rovio Mobile. Only making games. Now, it’s also an Animation studio! Making the space of game making a little tight.
I liked Angry birds since the first day i played it, and no matter what game rovio made, i got them all.
But AB GO! 2.0 really was the worst move rovio ever made!
Hope it will be the first and last.
I do like the way rovio make games, but it will be even better if keep updating them too. Events and leagues don’t count as update, but new levels do.
it’s like a year that my favourite AB game “AB Space” hasn’t updated yet.
I thought after movie, they a may return to the old days, but nope.
(Maybe their working on Movie 2 or something)

I only play transformers.(ab)Only game that never let me down.

Rovio stars:
Nibblers+4 cube games

@mp127
If you mean the Angry birds.com, they do post unrelated movie posts.
Here:
https://www.angrybirds.com/blog/