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Angry Birds Downloads Pass Half-Billion Mark
bdking writes "The most popular mobile game in history now has been downloaded more than 500,000,000 times, according to maker Rovio Mobile. Good thing the 300 million minutes of Angry Birds daily playing time around the world aren't being wasted or anything. Rovio chief executive Mikael Hed says: 'This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us, and we’re extremely delighted to see such an incredible amount of people enjoying our games. We remain committed to creating more fun experiences and bringing exceptional quality to Angry Birds Fans everywhere.'"
We're using Congressional accounting, just round everything up to the nearest billion.
Chiming in on the don't get it sentiment. It becomes very repetitive, very fast, which to me equates to boredom. Perhaps the popularity is related to simple minds being amused by simple things?
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Does this include all of the Angry Birds games or only the original? Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio (and possibly others)? I've got all 3 and they have been well worth the buck entry fee. Their continual addition of new levels makes it one of the best values out there for games.
And can we seriously stop with the 50 posts and reposts about some typo in the summary?
I don't think the 300 million minutes are wasted by any means. I babysit for my brother and while I love both of his children, there does come a point in the night where I can no longer be a human jungle-gym, or the big bad monster, or the wrestling star (they're very active kids) and I need to sit for a few minutes. The only way to get those kids (ages 3 and 5) to sit still is to give them my phone with angry birds. They are suddenly quiet and, of all things, polite! They know that if they fight over the phone that it will get taken away, so instead they ask nicely for a turn, help one another on stages they can't complete, and - more importantly - let me catch my breath!
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Circumcision is child abuse.
That Angry Birds has managed to achieve such popularity, even among mainstream non/casual gamers, without any of the media's paranoic talking heads getting worked up about it.
Let's be clear here, cutesy graphics and sounds aside, the game is about a bunch of birds, enraged at their dispossession by the pigs, launching martyrdom operations against the pigs and their infrastructure. You lose unless the pigs are exterminated and you get extra points for each infrastructure element destroyed. Surely that should have been enough for a hysterical article on the WorldNetDaily, or an ongoing conspiracy subthread over at freerepublic concerning the question of whether Angry Birds is objectively pro terror?
That idea is just stupid enough to be a massive hit.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?