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Angry Birds Reaches 140 M Downloads, Video Gaming Dies A Little Inside

Posted on Thursday, April 28 @ 12:28:50 Eastern by

I upgraded to an iPhone 4 about a month or two ago. Since then I've been doing a considerable amount of gaming on the go. I hate to admit that I spent $0.99 on Angry Birds. Why do I hate to admit that?

Because the game sucks! I can see how it can get addictive, I can see the merit in it for people who don't play... sigh, "real" video games. What I don't think I ever realized is just how many people could take the plunge for Rovio's mobile game.

In fact, Angry Birds recently crested One Hundred and Forty Million downloads. 1-4-0. Million. That is f***ing insane.

That startling figure covers every version of the game, paid, free, Rio, Seasons and Android, Windows, and Apple mobile platforms. Oh, Angry Birds is on the PlayStation 3 too. The Angry Birds franchise launched on iOS platforms 16 months ago.

Rovio is still a privately owned company so telling the numerical difference between paid and free versions of the game isn't really possible. With plans to sell 100 million downloads in China this year, the pigs are in for trouble they have never seen before.

Still, after all those players, the best thing to come as a result of Angry Birds is the following:
Related Games:   Angry Birds, Angry Birds Halloween, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds: Seasons
Tags:   Angry Birds, rovio, ios


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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Apr 28th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
    Conan managed to positively address the app's popularity and also express exactly how pissed off I get when I play it....the free version of course.
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Apr 28th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
    I picked up the the full ad free version of Rio free from Amazon's Android Market (they a different new free paid app available every day). It's an amusing enough time waster. The levels, animations, and graphics are all much improved from the original game. I suppose if I absolutely had to recommend and Angry Birds game, Rio would my choice. I wouldn't sit around playing it at home, but if you have five minutes to kill waiting in a line or some such, it's a good thing to have.
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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Apr 28th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
    See? See? You've all been calling me crazy, but I'm the only one who's NOT crazy!
    What makes it even worse is it isn't an original concept. It's a terribly old concept. And it's terrible.
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