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@kelani, I have discussed the issue of PC versions for future titles with Rovio before and my findings were pretty much as you concluded.
There’s a huge problem with piracy on the PC platform, as well as easy availability of cheats and hacks that make it a poor platform. Lack of in-app revenue aside, the presence of communities who indiscriminately destroy any chance of fair play (case in point – Bad Piggies Road Hogs) have caused the Developers to look kindly towards the more controlled gameplay experiences featured in the newly released titles.
The issue of multiplayer and desire for fair play, of course, plays a big part in games like GO.
As much as I would love to have GO on the PC as a cartoon Need for Speed parody, I don’t think this is much of an issue to me, as an avid PC gamer and (old time) mod developer as there are a great multitude of other immersive, physics-heavy games available for the PC. And it would be difficult for Rovio to shift development priority from casual, fun games to the kind of seriously epic big-budget PC games we take for granted these days.
Also, high performance tablets (or even older iPads and Gtabs on the resale market) are easily available these days for a much smaller investment than a few years ago, and arguably, for the casual gamer, high end mobile apps like the latest 3D Rovio titles are more enjoyable than dealing with established PC gaming trends and issues (such as being put down as a “noob” immediately after joining a game, forum or community).
We are civilized animals, and warmly welcome “noobs” on Piggy Island in the interest of mutual goodwill and peace amongst various animal species, except pigs :)
I did put in some heavy feedback regarding the PC being a really nice platform for content development in Bad Piggies like non competitive sandbox games, and I can do a lot of stuff using a PC that I would loathe to contend with using greasy fingers on a small screen. So I hope we’ll have a small niche market for “serious” PC games that can sell themselves in the long run without need for in-app revenue.
But in the meantime I’ll just launch random junk into orbit in Kerbal Space Program whist playing Angry Birds Stella on a tablet waiting for the next staging event. Best of both worlds! :)