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EECS 441
Chia-Ling Chang
Products
The world spends 5 million hours on Angry
Birds per day!
Financials
• Revenue in 2010: $10 million
              2011: $100 million
• 700 million downloads
• 25% are paid downloads
• 2/3 from app sales, 1/3 from advertising
History
• Founded in 2003
  – Mikael Hed (CEO)
  – Niklas Hed (COO)
  – Peter Vesterbacka (CMO)
• 2009: Angry Birds released
  – (app store opened in 2008)
What’s Hot?
• Rovio turned down $2 billion acquisition from Zynga
• “We Want To Be Bigger Than Disney”
• Acquired Kombo Animation Studio and Futuremark
  Games Studio
• Cartoon series & full-length movie are coming
What’s New?
• New gravity features
• Partnership with NASA,
  National Geographic
• No free version
  – but with an Angry Birds Space Guide
• 10 million downloads in 3 days
Secret Sauce
•   Simple, good sense of control
•   Multiple platforms
•   Not just a game, it’s a brand!
•   Connections with fans
Prognosis
• Next Disney? Hmm…

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441 company report rovio

  • 2. Products The world spends 5 million hours on Angry Birds per day!
  • 3. Financials • Revenue in 2010: $10 million 2011: $100 million • 700 million downloads • 25% are paid downloads • 2/3 from app sales, 1/3 from advertising
  • 4. History • Founded in 2003 – Mikael Hed (CEO) – Niklas Hed (COO) – Peter Vesterbacka (CMO) • 2009: Angry Birds released – (app store opened in 2008)
  • 5. What’s Hot? • Rovio turned down $2 billion acquisition from Zynga • “We Want To Be Bigger Than Disney” • Acquired Kombo Animation Studio and Futuremark Games Studio • Cartoon series & full-length movie are coming
  • 6. What’s New? • New gravity features • Partnership with NASA, National Geographic • No free version – but with an Angry Birds Space Guide • 10 million downloads in 3 days
  • 7. Secret Sauce • Simple, good sense of control • Multiple platforms • Not just a game, it’s a brand! • Connections with fans