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@ben88 & Dario
Good luck with your survey!
You can find out a lot by reading some of the threads in all the forums.
You might particularly be interested in those listed below.
Although the first thread, which was started by Rovio, was met with great enthusiasm, the enthusiasm rapidly turned to disgust when it became obvious that Rovio wasn’t really paying attention to fan concerns about real issues with AB Epic (see the following 2 threads). Although Rovio obviously started the thread as a good-will publicity attempt, in the end it has had a very negative effect on fans’ views of Rovio.
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forums/topic/cheaters/https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forums/topic/presence-along-multiple-leagues/
I mentioned this in your survey, but one big negative is that Rovio has in the past year or so become increasingly greedy in terms of making very expensive IAPs essential for advancing in the game. A case in point is Stella Pop, where some of the original timed levels were nearly impossible for all but the best players to pass without spending ~$50.
Rovio started with very inexpensive games (~$2 for mobile, ~$5 for PC). Consequently, people all over the world and from every socio-economic class played them. AngryBirdsNest had a similar distribution of members, and the interaction here was very educational. It still is educational, but I think the number of people without much money has decreased a lot.
Now the new Rovio games are free, but they rely heavily on expensive IAPs.
I hope that as part of your thesis work, you play each of the Rovio games, especially the more recent for comparison to the older games.
I hope you know that the original AB games (ABO, Seasons, Rio, and Space) had no IAPs and no power ups (PUs). The first IAPs were the Mighty Eagle (~$2 for unlimited use), and special episodes, like the Danger Zone. When Rovio first introduced PUs, there was a great protest on ABN (look in the old forum), and many of us turned our avatars black and white and added a “no PU” symbol (my avatar still has the symbol). ABN still does not allow PU scores on many of its leaderboards.