LOL. Of course the amount of customers versus the amount of users matters. You have to convert your users into money somehow, whether by having a few customers like advertisers and selling the users as the product (like TV or Facebook), or by selling a product directly to consumers.

Comparing all the Facebook and iPhone and browser gaming to Nintendo (notice the comparison is always to Mario and Nintendo, btw) is not apples to apples. Nintendo sales are in free-fall because of Nintendo. They aren't focusing on the right types of games, as any core Nintendo fan will tell you. Facebook and iPhone and browser gaming fulfills a specific job for customers, but it's a much easier job to fulfill. It's short, daily diversions. Nintendo's core games entertain a room full of people for hours at a time. That's why Nintendo can sell games for hundreds of times the effective price as people are willing to pay for Facebook, iPhone or browser games.

i love plenty of casual games, but angry birds is just not that fun. Sure its worth 0.99cents, but there are plenty of iphone apps for .99cents that are sooo much better. Not an opinion, but a fact since I said so.

I think you ignoring the fact that i said sales it didnt sale a copy of a free download. An add doesnt count for a legitimate sale of that game.

So games that are bundled for free don't count either from here on out too I guess?

Alright, well at least we set the guidelines.

What you are choosing to ignore is the fact that games on these mobile devices have different revenue streams from those on home consoles or dedicated handhelds. Just because they can make a lot of money while giving the game for free does not discount it from being counted towards the games install base.

I bought an Android app from Amazon yesterday, it cost me $0.00 and it processed as a sale.

Now why does it not count? Please go ahead and give me your best excuse.

Yes it does. It pretty much comes bundled with the phone and earns Rovio a whole bunch of money, even if it can be downloaded for free.

Angry Birds counts for the iOS/Android/Whatever just as much as Wii Sports counts for the Wii.

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you hit it on the head. What he said/

This kind of arguing is going to keep going on even though people will continue to ignore the truths.

"Mobile gaming is not a true gaming experience"

With better graphics than the DS version as well as superior touch controls. 

"Free apps don't count as sales"

Looks at Amazon.com PURCHASE history.

Haters gonna hate, as you said.

Well, in a little over a year, there are three different Angry Birds games, one of which is a tie-in with a major motion picture, it's on three different smartphone platforms, two PC platforms, and will soon be coming to several console platforms.

So yeah, I think we can safely say that Rovio is pumping the cash out of this IP just as hard as they can. Won't be too long before the enraged avians start jumping into new game genres.

Angry Birds Kart and Angry Birds Golf confirmed! you heard it here first folks....

But on that note, Crush the Castle wasn't unique as games as games like it have been around since at least the birth of NewGrounds.com which was 1995. Off the top of my head Bloons comes to mind.