Rovio's Vesterbacka believes that it's a 'good sign' that Nintendo and others are worried about smartphone gaming.
In a recent interview, Peter Vesterbacka, holder of the ‘mighty eagle’ job title at Angry Birds developer Rovio, had some combative things to say about Nintendo and the console business in general.
Near the close of his GDC keynote, Satoru Iwata voiced his fears about smartphone gaming and that cheap games with low production values could potentially harm developers making big budget games. "We produce value; we should protect that value,” said Iwata. Vesterbacka was not shy to respond to those comments.
“Of course, if I was trying to sell a $49 piece of plastic to people then yes, I’d be worried too. But I think it’s a good sign that people are concerned – because from my point of view we’re doing something right,” said Vesterbacka.
In addition, Vesterbacka stated, “A lot of people in the games industry, they think the ‘real’ games are on consoles. You’re only a ‘real’ games company if you do a big budget game. But we don’t have that inferiority complex.”
Rovio does have prospective plans to bring Angry Birds to Wii and 3DS later this year.