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Angry Birds reached Apple devices in December 2009. Rovio's simple physics puzzles, sold at a low price with an instantly recognizable cast, became the reference point for what a mobile hit looked like.
It gave the mobile market its first true global franchise and showed publishers that a phone game could support characters, merchandise and film adaptations. It also demonstrated the value of designing around brief, interrupted attention rather than treating that as a limitation to work around.
