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Rovio’s had quite a bit of financial difficulties of late. Towards the end of 2014 they announced layoffs of roughly 120 staff (out of approx. 800). Depending on how the company is structured internally, if QA is classified as a separate cost center rather than as part of a revenue center then things could get even worse for game releases going forward.
[There was also a lot of buzz about a planned IPO, but that hasn’t happened either.]
The other problem I’m finding now, and which is endemic to many app developers is that free-to-download-and-play encourages them to launch products before they’re ready and then just release updates, both for bug fixes and to add new features, as they go along. Whereas under the old pay-for-play model it was in a developer’s best interest to release a standalone product that was complete and good to go and (mostly – no product is ever perfect on launch) bug free right from the start.