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News: Takahashi: Noby Noby iPhone is "bait"

 
To fund more PS3 updates in future. Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has said that he's using the iPhone version of the game as "bait" to secure more funding for the ongoing development of the PS3 original. "We used too much time and money to develop Noby Noby Boy, and there won't be any major updates in the future," Takahashi told Eurogamer in an interview to mark the launch of a free multiplayer patch. "However, I am trying to use the iPhone version in order to get more money from our top executives in order to keep updating the PS3 version. Basically, I am using the iPhone version as bait." > > (link)

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