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Angry Birds reaches half a billion downloads
by Steve Watts, Nov 02, 2011 11:15am PDTThose who have never downloaded or played Angry Birds are quickly becoming a minority class, as Rovio has now announced new milestone. The game has now been downloaded 500 million times. That's a big number, proving that people just can't get enough of slinging feathered kamikaze birds at greedy green pigs.
The noteworthy achievement here is how the game seems to be bucking the trend of progressively slower success and instead picking up speed. In early September, it had achieved 350 million downloads. It launched in late 2009, meaning that it took almost two years to reach 350 million, but only two months to stack on another 150 million. Of course, it can't hurt that it comes in multiple flavors, and is available on just about every platform.
Still, Rovio took the opportunity to give their wunderkind a hearty pat on the back. "This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us, and we're extremely delighted to see such an incredible amount of people enjoying our games," said CEO Mikael Hed in the announcement. "We remain committed to creating more fun experiences and bringing exceptional quality to Angry Birds Fans everywhere."
Currently Rovio is planning the grand opening of an Angry Birds retail shop in Helsinki, Finland, which will specialize in Angry Birds merchandise. Meanwhile, the company has acquired an animation studio to produce cartoons. This is happening, people. This is happening.
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Angry Birds has reached the 500 million downloads milestone, just months after announcing 350 million.
Angry Birds has reached the 500 million downloads milestone, just months after announcing 350 million. : Shacknews
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Again, I am trying to explain to you that their "reported valuation" is likely not off at all, and probably well within range of what a private equity investor would purchase equity at. And yes they are going to say they are worth more than that. 1.2billion is probably the number that they can actually sell at, and ground their valuation in. They say they are worth more because everyone thinks they are more valuable than someone wants to buy at. That's not special to Rovio, that's everyone.
As for Zynga, they never said they are worth 20 billion. Their IPO could be worth 20B based on speculation by financial firms and the media. Anyway these things are always only known among executives and the firms they are working with, and never the employees. That stuff is highly confidential which is why it is almost always media speculation.
The things I am stating here are just the way things work. If you have some opinion about business value that is just your own, that is one thing, but these publicly stated valuations are not just some pompous BS. These large, very visible businesses have a lot to lose with that kind of behavior.
Frankly, calling Zynga a potential money grab is a bit of a crazy thing to say. They've got multiple successful products, and the kind of staff and infrastructure growth that is some pretty serious staying-power action. I'm waiting for hamachi to reply to this wondering wtf you would say that as well.
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