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Angry Birds Arrives On The PlayStation Network

After tens of millions of downloads over the App Store and Android, Angry Birds is now a PlayStation Mini.

The first console-specific downloadable platform to be graced by Rovio Mobile's popular physics-based puzzler Angry Birds is… PlayStation Minis? Weird.

In this week's PS Blog "The Drop" column for Jan. 3, Angry Birds was surprisingly announced for an imminent release on PS3 and PSP Minis. It hit yesterday afternoon for $3.99--about three bucks more than the iOS version, and $3.99 more than it is on Android (where Angry Birds is free, but ad-supported). This particular version of the game is essentially the same one you played before the most recent "Mighty Eagle" update, which added several new levels and the paid DLC bird. Overall, you're getting around 200 levels with this Minis version, which seems fair.
 

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I should note here that playing Angry Birds on your PS3 will probably only want to make you switch back to the iOS versions, which look much, much cleaner and run a tad smoother as well. Despite the more powerful hardware of the PS3 (my PSP is... somewhere), I've experienced general sluggishness with the UI and the delivery of birds. Plus, it's just odd to crank back a cardinal and let it rip with an analog stick, if you're used to the original touch interface.  

Angry Birds is still slated for an Xbox Live and Wii release, though it's unknown when either version will hit, or what they'll actually have in terms of content. 

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Edited By DugHerb

I have it. Looks and sounds really terrible on the PS3. Thought it would have recieved a HD facelift.

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And the most expensive Angry Birds release of the Week Award goes to the Mac App Store, where it's five dollars for some reason. 
 
Thank you, overpriced App Store launch.

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Not really interested in a non-touched controlled version, also I have Boom Blox 1 & 2 if I want to play these kinds of games.

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@Milkman said:
" Angry Birds sucks. I don't understand the obession with this glorified flash game. "
Same.  I have it on iPhone and it's a lesser Castle Crashers, IMHO.
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thats rubish

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I like Angry Birds, I am not a huge fanatic for it, but I play it on the ipad or iphone every once in a while, it can kill a few minutes while waiting or something. 
 
That said, porting this to a non-touch device is just kind of dumb.  One of the reasons Angry Birds worked so well on the iOS is that it's MADE for touch input.  This is just as bad as people trying to port games to the iOS that require a virtual controller on screen, just the other way around. 
 
Touch games and control games do not mix, please stop trying to port them to each other.

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I haven't yet seen a PSP mini that supported DLC, so I'm guessing this is about  as much as this edition is going to get. (Same sort of thing with the DSiWare version of Surviving High School; the iPhone/iPod Touch version has lots of stories, but the DSiWare version only has eight.) Doesn't bother me either way. I think the game's quite fun.

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Edited By MarktheStampede

Don't buy it! Not optimized for the PS3 at all. Terrible controls, same exact graphics as the phone versions. Looks ugly on the big-screen.

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Don't want to play this game on a console... on a portable device like touch screen phones? Hell yes! Even on the PSP it *might* be alright... but meh if people really want their Angry Birds fix that badly that they will play it at home on their console.. as oppose to a real game... I find that kind of strange.

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@copycatzen said:
" trophies? "
Nuh. It's a mini. 
Unfortunately :(
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lol why does everyone hate angry birds?...it gets me threw the slow hours at work

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Is it just me, or does anyone else find the art in this game depressing?

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I might look into this, but at the moment, I am not so sure how well it will all work out on the PS3 since it was developed for devices that use touch-screens (iPhone/iPad) or for 1-finger input control (stated above).

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This has got to be the dumbest thing ever.  I get that they might as well cash in while they're still a hot brand, but cmon.. making a freakin playstation version is the dumbest thing ever, considering that angry birds was designed as a 1 finger input game.  While it was genius / clever for touch devices... using a controller seems just...  
 
lame. 

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trophies?
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Expect to see this game for $15 on the xbox , if you think it will be less than 800 you're only fooling yourself. that is unless it goes reight into the indie games section in which case it will probably be decently priced but sell hardly anything.

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@EVO said:
" @bartok said:
" Will those birds ever learn to not be so angry ? "
When those damn pigs stop stealing their eggs. "
I hate it when they do that, every goddamn week.
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@Branthog said:
" THIS is Angry Birds?! That's it?! I expected it to be something more, from all the hype I've heard. This is just a variation of those hundreds of flash games that have been around for years. Is this the new PS3 trend? They're going to jam the marketplace full of shitty free flash games, for a price? Meh. "
It's become quite a hit, so it's not too surprising. 
 
Personally, I hate the game.
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I still don't get the appeal of this game. Have the iOS version, its okay but not good enough to justify its success. Why isn't a Doodle Jump movie in the works? Now THATS a game.

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i dont feel like it will work out that well...

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Is the Move supported? It would make sense.

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The minis have always been pointless since they launched the service with $8 Tetris. 
 
I think the only mini worth paying for is WTF!? 
I hate how Sony throws these in with PS+  and treats them like normal PSN games.

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@Landon: Ah, that makes sense now.
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@LordAndrew said:
" @Landon said:
" There are better launch games than Angry Birds. "
It's not a launch game for PlayStation minis. It's the other way around. The PlayStation minis service is the first console launch platform for Angry Birds. "
I was actually referring to the launch game flash genre. Games where you propel a character for distance or to knock something over.
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@Landon said:
" There are better launch games than Angry Birds. "
It's not a launch game for PlayStation minis. It's the other way around. The PlayStation minis service is the first console launch platform for Angry Birds.
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There are better launch games than Angry Birds.

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i'm happy with it... currently I'm still using my Berry and haven't gotten an iPad as of yet, so I finally have a way to play the game.  It's a good time waster and would only be classified as overpriced in comparison to other versions of Angry Birds, not compared to Minis.  I'm glad they put it out, even if it isn't the best version - it's good enough for me to mess around with now.

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@Branthog said:
" THIS is Angry Birds?! That's it?! I expected it to be something more, from all the hype I've heard. This is just a variation of those hundreds of flash games that have been around for years. Is this the new PS3 trend? They're going to jam the marketplace full of shitty free flash games, for a price? Meh. "
Yeah, they've been doing this since the PSP Go launched. If you haven't noticed them yet, you're probably not going to.
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@BradNicholson said:
" The first console-specific downloadable platform to be graced by Rovio Mobile's popular physics-based puzzler Angry Birds is… PlayStation Minis? Weird. "
Mobile phone games coming to PlayStation minis doesn't sound weird at all. Isn't that what many of the minis are, ports of mobile games?
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Call me when they add a third person mode alternate endings.

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@bluecollaralaskan said:
" Games like this aren't what i fire up my ps3 for, they are what I play when i have a couple free minutes here and there, releasing angry birds on consoles seems silly to me..  I play mostly big games that I will spend a few hours playing on my consoles, not silly flash games..  I have angry birds on my iphone and to me that is where it belongs "
It is for PSP but playable on the PS3.
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THIS is Angry Birds?! That's it?! I expected it to be something more, from all the hype I've heard. This is just a variation of those hundreds of flash games that have been around for years. Is this the new PS3 trend? They're going to jam the marketplace full of shitty free flash games, for a price? Meh.

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@bartok said:
" Will those birds ever learn to not be so angry ? "
When those damn pigs stop stealing their eggs.
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Will those birds ever learn to not be so angry ?
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@bluecollaralaskan said:
" Games like this aren't what i fire up my ps3 for, they are what I play when i have a couple free minutes here and there, releasing angry birds on consoles seems silly to me..  I play mostly big games that I will spend a few hours playing on my consoles, not silly flash games..  I have angry birds on my iphone and to me that is where it belongs "
yeah, seeing something so simple on a console is weird but no wonder its only 4 bucks
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Games like this aren't what i fire up my ps3 for, they are what I play when i have a couple free minutes here and there, releasing angry birds on consoles seems silly to me..  I play mostly big games that I will spend a few hours playing on my consoles, not silly flash games.. 
 
I have angry birds on my iphone and to me that is where it belongs
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@Milkman said:
" Angry Birds sucks. I don't understand the obession with this glorified flash game."
Because flash games can't be good ever. And because they can't ever be good it isn't worth spending a dollar to play an extremely polished version of an old flash game idea.   
 
Like tower defense games. Who would spend money on those? Oh, wait, tons. 
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So the PS3 gets an emulated version of the PSP one. Nice.

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Doesn't seem to be the best of ports.  
Anyway... Hyv ä Suomi \m/

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FTA:
 
 "Despite the more powerful hardware of the PS3... I've experienced general sluggishness" 
 
Beware, this quote could launch a million trolls.

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Eeeehhhhhh... I paid for it once on the iPhone and I got it for free on my Android. Really no point in getting it again. Unless there's some sort of trophy support.

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if i can i'd rather have back the 1.99 i spent buying this piece of crap "game". the game is nonsense.

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The irony of those Marcus PSP commercials is fantastic. 
 
  

  
 
Yet here they are selling the same baby games on the PSP for a ridiculous $4. How can they underestimate mobile gaming so badly?  
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@Erik said:
" I would pay like $10 to have this on the 360, can't wait! "
There are approximately 4 bajillion better games on XBLA that are 10 dollars or less.
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I never really liked Angry birds, I'll just stick with Age of Zombie!
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Why? 
 
Why are the birds so angry? 
 
So angry.

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Amazed they made it a Mini. I expect a fully 3D PSN/XBLA release is probably on the cards.

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I would pay like $10 to have this on the 360, can't wait!

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@Milkman said:
" Angry Birds sucks. I don't understand the obession with this glorified flash game. "
It's an alright game, but because it's polished looking and easy to play, everyone with an idevice downloads it.  The one finger tap or slash games with pretty art sell very well.
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Just...bizarre.