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Rovio Attempted 51 Times Before Developing The Fan-favorite Game Angry Birds, Which Is Now Worth More Than $1 Billion
Who hasn’t heard of the “Angry Birds”? Angry Birds started as a mobile game. Nevertheless, it quickly attained such widespread acclaim that it gave rise to numerous spin-offs.
The Angry Birds Movie and The Angry Birds Movie 2 are two films that are based on the game. There are also PC and gaming console versions of the game, merchandise featuring the game’s characters, a television animated series, and merchandise.
Rovio Entertainment Oyj, a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo, developed Angry Birds.
Rovio was on the verge of bankruptcy before the release of Angry Birds. The studio’s founders put a tremendous amount of time and effort into it; they had already created 51 games, but none of them were a commercial success. Because the company was bankrupt, it had to fire the majority of its employees
Is a 51-time failure typical? How many times would you attempt to reach your goal? Here is the tale of Rovio Studios’ success after a string of setbacks
