By: Aseem Gaurav on May 11, 2012
There's just no stopping the Angry Birds juggernaut. Rovio Mobile has every reason to rejoice as its Angry Birds title has crossed one billion download mark – making it one of the most successful app in the gaming world as of date.
The company said the achievement includes all the various Angry Birds titles, from the original through to Space. Just a reminder to our readers: only six months ago the title reached 500 million download mark and within 180 days the number of downloads have doubled.
To celebrate this achievement, Rovio has also announced a competition, which one can take part in by posting a message on Twitter using the hashtag #oneofthebillion. A random winner will get a "super limited and exclusive Mighty Eagle ring".
As we know the world’s population is seven billion, so it would mean that nearly “1/7th of the world’s population has downloaded Angry Birds.” It’s an amazing feat for the Finnish start-up which has been valued by analysts at over $9 billion - just short of that of struggling world No.2 phonemaker Nokia.
Rovio, which was on everyone’s lips not only due to its game but also due to it an extremely profitable company already last year. Rovio forecast a bumper year ahead as it plans to launch several more titles in 2012, including a non-Angry Birds title.
Angry Birds became a global phenomena after it was launched on iOS in December 2009. The franchise has thereafter expanded to Android, Windows Phone, Mac, Google Chrome and more. The original title now has several versions including Angry Birds Seasons, Rio and Space, besides a whole range of real-world products.
