Atari bought Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 for $7 million. You can currently get this game on Steam for PLN 21.59

$7 million – This is how much it cost Atari to buy the rights to the game Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 from Frontier. This means that from now on Atari will be the sole publisher of this production.

With this move, the legendary company – once famous for its consoles – Celebrates the brand's 25th anniversary Roller coaster tycoon. They promised “benefits for fans of the series.” What? Unfortunately, this is not mentioned in Official announcement About the acquisition.

However, it is difficult to imagine that the agreement in question will be financially beneficial to Atari in the short term, because Roller coaster tycoon 3 It can currently be purchased for relatively little money – PLN 21.59 For sale on steam -The game seems to have reached the peak of its popularity a long time ago (via SteamDB).

Atari's decision should therefore be considered with the future in mind and based on industry trends. The latter clearly shows that game developers increasingly want to return to flagship brands, by servicing, remastering and remaking multiplayer ports – even if not many years have passed since the original game's premiere.

Although this is the future of the series at the moment Roller coaster tycoon Still unknown, Atari's move suggests a kind of far-reaching “security.” It is worth noting that the American company owns the rights to the vast majority of games under this logo Roller coaster tycoon.