"If you look at activations, Apple's iOS and Android are clearly bigger than any other platform," said Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer of Rovio. "We want to be on all screens, but we have to consider the cost of supplying to smaller platforms. With Windows Phone it's a lot of work to technically support it.Full details at DailyTech.
"We're the No. 1 app in the Windows Phone app store, but it's a big undertaking to support it, and you have to completely rewrite the application."
While this seems like potential trouble for Microsoft, it's an even harder blow to Nokia, which is attempting to revive itself by making smartphones for the Windows Phone platform. Without hot apps like Angry Birds Space, this could put the handset maker in a tough spot because it shows that big game developers like Rovio do not have much confidence in the viability of the platform.
No Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone
Posted on Friday, March 23 2012 @ 19:36 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckAngry Birds developed Rovio announced the Windows Phone platform will not be getting the new Angry Birds Space game. The developer claims it's too much work to support the platform, and argues that Apple's iOS and Android are clearly much bigger than all other platforms.
