The number 1 downloaded app from the iTunes store is spreading its wings, quite literally. Soon PSP, Palm Pre, and Android users will get the chance to see what iPhone and iPod Touch owners have known for months. After selling 6.5 million copies on the iTunes store at the low, low price of $1, it is now available for the Palm Pre and is expected to hit the Android Marketplace within the next couple of weeks, and will also be available on the Playstation Store this Fall.
The secret to Angry Birds success is in its simplicity and solid physics. Did I just use simplicity and physics in the same sentence? Sure did. That’s exactly what Rovio has done with Angry Birds. Take a sling shot and put it on the left hand side of the screen, add a couple of birds for ammo and launch them at towers of stone, glass, and wood pieces while trying to destroy some green pigs. It sounds simple enough but there is an incredible amount of strategy that goes into the game. You have different birds with different power ups to fire at different stacks and towers through out 150+ levels. It’s so easy, even my 3-year-old was able to pick it up within a couple of minutes. This game is well worth the $1 price of admission.
When Angry Birds is made available for the PSP later this fall it will feature a new group of levels, an extra bird, and a new hidden golden egg. The touch screen controls from the other mobile devices should work out just fine on the PSP with the use of the analog stick. There is no word on whether this extra content will be made available for iTunes, Android Marketplace, or the Palm Pre, or if it will show up on DSiWare. Whichever one of these devices you own, Angry Birds should be downloaded and enjoyed.