Put up a huge notice on the original post. Hope people find it and realize they should get Rolando before it disappears. Rolando 2... I cannot wait for it.
Already answered. But it is also so people buy the more expensive Rolando2 and not Rolando1. They did the same thing with Topple. You can't download it anymore.
There's already a thread made by mjmoco I think. No need @DaveMc Wonder what they mean by make room, they have all the room in the world for games...
It wasn't already answered, as that explanation doesn't make sense. But thanks for demonstrating you know how to use the quote function.
Make room? R1 built in, just one icon like people gave always wanted with other game series? Maybe....
To Ngmoco The news about Rolando being pulled from the appstore to make room has to be one of the worst marketing strategies in the history of video gaming. I've had Rolando since the first day it was released and it's a really great game. You would think with Apple having sold 1 million new iphone 3GS this past weekend in the states, that you would want to market Rolando to all the new Apple customers. No. You instead don't lower the price you pull the game from the appstore. That makes no sense whatsoever. How are you going to market Rolando 2 to new customers that haven't played the first one and won't have the chance? Did you marketers think about this before they came-up with idea of pulling the first Rolando? Come on Ngmoco don't be that stupid. Lower the price of the first to people that don't have the first and you might get another purchase from them on the second game.
Yeah it's my new theory since the last one turned out to be wrong. It is the only way I can understand R1 leaving, especially seeing as they're still releasing new levels for it. Having said that, obviously the app will persist fit the millions of us that have it already .
im still waitiing on touch pet dogs and by logic if rolando 1 did good....then with the same look rolando 2 should do equally well with the same promotion rolando 1 got. They dont need people buying a cheap version of rolando. They want people to buy a 10 dollar copy of rolando 2 and charge them for all the new maps. They already milked rolando by adding new levels to interest people to buy/promote rolando 2.
If they do do that then why tell us about the app being pulled and then people buy it and later Rolando 2 comes along with the levels of the first and the new version. A lot of people will hate them for that, or the people that bought R1 in the last week before R2's release. Hmm... I think I have to get this game now or wait until the last day before getting pulled...
I don't agree with you on that one. Freeverse has been milking the Flick Fishing game for months and it still remains in the top 20 and has sold over a million copies. Where is the original roloando in the charts. Oh that's right it's not in the charts and has been off them for months now. It's a dumb marketing move on Ngmoco's part and they should fire the marketers if they came up with this idea of pulling the first instead of milking the game for more.
I was going to mention this after seeing the first gameplay video but forgot... Notice how before going to the new island you leave Rolando Land, where there looks to be levels. This could potentially mean that the entire first game was remade, which would be pretty cool. Hopefully it brings over your data if this is the case. Is there an ngmoco employee that could give us a hint here?
