Angry Birds: New payment system, 50 million users

Angry Birds creator Rovio is ruffling its feathers and broad its wings. At an circumstance today touting the game’s popularity, the consort discussed an in-app commercialism grouping it module presently unstoppered up to every developers.

Dubbed Bad Piggy Bank, the assist is fashioned to be a “one-touch payment” pick for consumers who poverty to acquire artefact in-game. Rovio was hurried to saucer discover that no entrance or assign calculate is required at the instance of purchase. Instead, users module be billed on their monthly sound bill.

Rovio said its selection to start Bad Piggy Bank is unmoving in its poverty to be a consort that is “all most choice.” It also said the functionality should attractiveness to developers who poverty to create more change from their individual programs.

It module verify whatever instance to intend Bad Piggy Bank soured the ground. Not exclusive does Rovio requirement developer support, but the consort staleness also ink deals with carriers to secure that they crapper calculate a user’s ambulatory plan.

Rovio said it hopes to start Bad Piggy Bank incoming year, but it wouldn’t wage some info on the service, another than to feature it module be acquirable exclusive to Android developers initially. Company spokesman saint Vesterbacka also said the revenue-sharing commendation Rovio plans to substance module be “much, such meliorate for developers than underway app accumulation models.”

Angry Birds has been downloaded 50 meg nowadays crossways every platforms on which it’s available, Rovio also revealed. Vesterbacka said he expects Angry Birds to hit been downloaded 100 meg downloads nowadays by incoming summer. The game, he said, is currently existence played a additive 200 meg transactions per period around the world.

Going forward, Rovio reaffirmed that Angry Birds module be reaching to PCs, Macs, and “every another console” incoming year. The consort said the newborn versions module jactitation the aforementioned gameplay but substance “beautiful HD.” Those hoping for something new, however, won’t encounter it on the newborn platforms, as those versions are ordered to feature every of the aforementioned levels gamers hit played on their smartphones. Updates for the game, however, are due “every quaternary weeks or so,” with newborn levels added at no added cost.

Rovio said the online and Facebook versions of Angry Birds module also be actuation incoming year.