Angry Birds film flying forward, game downloaded 400M times

Shoulda hired Rooster Teeth. They already made a trailer and everything.

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So Angry Birds is the best selling game ever?

Nintendo claimed Wii Sports was the best selling game ever, but I guess they don't count digital games.

I don't know what caused this or why, but I really want Rovio to tank and for all the mainstream people to move on. I feel like they just keep flinging those stupid birds for more money. How long can it take for people to realize Rovio, Seasons, etc are all just the same game and Rovio has nothing other than Angry Birds?

"Oh we haz stuffed animals. T-shirts? We have those too. Movie? Lol, calm down bro, we're making it. We are Next Gen Media valued way higher than that low ball 1.2 Billion estimate after all"

I hate to sound hipster-ish, but when Angry Birds first came out and before everyone went crazy over it, I thought it was a neat game to kill wait times. However, now it seems like the money has gone to Rovio's head and I'm slowly starting to dislike them more and more. It's like some kind of annoyance at mainstream society: "Y U NO SEE ANGRY BIRD SUCKS" and at Rovio: "Calm down bro, all you have is one game"

@Cirrus

You could argue that angry birds is a detriment to gaming AND gaming literature :-/

WTF? "Angry Birds movie"? LoL

first farmville, now this?!

i dont want to live on this planet anymore

I guess incredibly stupid is 'in' thing this generation.

Kurt Russell should star.

In a world...

@Cirrus

They need a bigger plus sign to promote awesome like this.

No Gears of War movie, but Angry Birds... I think this is when Civilization starts its decline back to the dark ages.

This game is free to download on google chrome, Android possibly other places. Why is it news that people like free stuff? I'm sure that if Batman Arkham City was 1$ on PS3 and free on a bunch of other platforms it would hit 400M downloads. Hell, I'm sure that a lower grade console title would do the same

Hopefully Tom Cruise will star in it.
I've been looking for a good reason to throw up for years.

when will this bubble burst?!?!

Ok, so I'm done commenting that this game is stupid. However, I have to wonder how many people who enjoy this game have ever thought to themselves, "Man, this would make a great movie!"

Let's think about this for one minute - 400 million downloads at $1 a pop (minus the various platforms that offered the game for free, IE the 200k HP Touchpad users). So, lets round that down to 350 million bucks.

Most companies would love that kind of revenue for a game.

My question is this - why hasn't more companies jumped on this low price point bandwagon? Think about some of the more popular Xbox Live Arcade games (or PSN Games, or Wii Ware games) - now imagine, they were at a $1 price point, affordable to everyone and their dog (assuming their dog still has that paper route). More people would purchase at the lower price point, generating more sales. You make less per purchase, but sell more. It's not guaranteed to generate more revenue - but you can be damn sure that if Angry Birds was $5 a piece, it would not be downloaded 400 million times.

One of the major platforms should try this experiment. Release a key game at such a ridiculously low price and just see what happens.

@Cirrus i agree, what the fk is the big deal over angry birds. when u boil it down all its just a simple 2d game, about a slingshot. rovio needs to get over themselves.

An angry birds movie? Really? That's stupid

All the hate Angry Birds receives never ceases to amaze me. No it's not a unique concept or a revolution but I can respect it for what it is... an enjoyable time waster. And at least Rovio prices the game accordingly ($1 or free) and then provides ongoing FREE updates and new levels. It's not like they are nickle and diming their customers like so many others in the gaming business do.

Angry birds is EVERYWHERE, lol. I can't step out of my house without seeing it, Or it flying into my face. Pun totally intended, and probably forced. But yeah...I don't think I've ever seem a franchise whored out as much. I literally saw angry birds condoms at Walgreens already.

This makes me want to vomit.

The company is worth 1.2 billion angry birds maybe, but definitely not in dollars

The company is worth 1.2 billion angry birds maybe. Definitely not dollars