Angry Birds crashed into 6.5 million devices on Christmas Day

Ugh.

Doesn't mean every person who got a cell phone got angry birds. There's also tablets and ipods to account for.

I'd be more interested in how many new purchases were made as opposed to how many downloads and redownloads were made on a given day.

I'm not a hater of Angry birds being a popular trend, but I really hope they do not try to go public like Zynga. It's not necessary.

It's just natural human curiosity that leads people to this game. I asked myself a similar question: How is this game so popular? It must be fun. Indeed, it is a good example of controls for a game on a smart phone, but I quickly learned that it was disgustingly overrated. There's no strategy after the first five levels, just aimlesly throwing birds until you hit all the pigs. It's not fun, it's addicting, but not even a hybrid of the two like we see in Tetris or Picross, it's just addicting. Also, I worked at an amusement park this summer, and the amount of Angry Birds related shit there was so uncalled for. Call me a hipster, but this game sucks.

Change returns success
Going and coming without error.

Angry Birds is probably second only to Mario in terms of video game brand recognition. It'll probably surpass it eventually as the most recognizable IP globally in the video game arena. It's a powerful brand. I can only imagine how many angry bird phone cases, plushies & other memorabilia were given as gifts.

As Pachter said, Rovio need to prove there's more gas in the tank than one big hit before seriously thinking of going public, or at least communicate a credible growth plan and future products. Their big question mark is sustainability.

Angry Birds came up in conversation at every family gathering on Christmas. Some family members were treating it like a new thing. "OMG, I just got a smartphone! Have any of you heard of Angry Birds?"

Angry Birds is obviously the poster child of the smartphone gaming
"phenomenon." I really would like to know what else has made it big though. Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, that doodle platform game and sometimes Cut the Rope seems to be the only titles I ever hear about. If there are other titles what are they, and why haven't they gotten as much media coverage as the Birds?

Maybe I'm just in the minority, but it seems that retail presence goes a long way to make more than 1 or 2 smash hits relevant in a platform's ecosystem.

Wow. Rovio really managed to hit a sweet spot with marketing and hype, didn't they? People get a smart device for Christmas, and one of their first purchases is this game.

Not a comment on the quality of the game in general; I have it myself, and it's an OK time-waster. But Rovio has managed to create a franchise that has Mario-like associations with its platform(s) of choice. That's damned impressive, whatever your take on casual smartphone gaming may be.

Does this number count for devices that came pre-loaded with Angry Birds?

Well i guess this means we now know who the Call of Duty series bows down to.

This crud outsells an awesome game like Shadows Of The Damned? The world has gone to hell in a Justin Bieber CD Case :\