Archive for August, 2010

1. APB has 130,000 registered players, says administrator

   August 24, 2010

   The administrator for RealTime Worlds has announced some key stats for APB 130,000 registered players Average player plays for four hours each day ARPPU of $28 (that’s per PAYING player, no word of conversion rates) My post-mortem carried an oft-quoted figure of 10,000 units sold. That was NPD data for North America only, which means [...]

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   Posted in: Analysis, Featured

   Tagged with: apb, arppu, arpu, realtime world, statistics

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2. Making $75,000 from an Android App in a year

   August 24, 2010

   Arron La is an IBM employee who has released an App for Android called Advanced Task Manager. In essence, it plugs a hole in the OS that sometimes closes down applications without closing down processes, which slows down the phone and drains battery life. He released the App in February 2009 for 99c. He also [...]

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   Posted in: Distribution, Featured

   Tagged with: advanced task manager, android, arron la, statistics

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3. Maybe EMI aren’t the bad guys on the Newport / Empire State of Mind takedown after all

   August 24, 2010

   You may remember that a pastiche of Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind based on the Welsh town of Newport hit the web a couple of weeks ago, got incredibly popular and then was promptly shut down by EMI. If you don’t remember it, here’s a refresher: Is EMI as stupid as Constantin Film as it [...]

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   Posted in: Analysis, Featured

   Tagged with: copyright, emi, music, new, youtube

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4. Why is the games industry so in thrall to Z-list celebrities from other media?

   August 23, 2010

   Last week, MCV ran a story entitled Hollywood stars land at Gamescom. It listed the “stars” who were attending shows to promote games at the consumer event in Cologne. I haven’t heard of any of them. Not one. Why not check out the list below and see how you do. Ten bonus points if you [...]

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   Posted in: Featured, Opinion

   Tagged with: celebrities, events, gamescom

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5. 157 Mobile stats you should know

   August 23, 2010

   Stuart Dredge has compiled this list of 157 stats you should know about Apps. It covers installed base, downloads, revenues and more. It’s an amazingly useful resource. Check it out. 157 Mobile App Stats You Should Know About View more presentations from stuartdredge.

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   Posted in: Resources

   Tagged with: apps, mobile, statistics, stuart dredge

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6. The official press release about RealTime Worlds job losses

   August 20, 2010

   With so much rumour swirling around, I thought I would just reproduce the official press release from administrators Begbies Traynor about the latest situation at RealTime Worlds. I’ve changed the Job Loss Tracker to total 194 job losses at RealTime Worlds(37 last week from the MyWorld team and 157 as confirmed below). PRESS RELEASE BEGBIES [...]

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   Posted in: Game Over Zone

   Tagged with: invsolvency, realtime worlds

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7. Ed Balls is wrong to claim tax credits would have helped RealTime Worlds

   August 20, 2010

   GamesIndustry.biz is reporting on a speech by Ed Balls, the Labour leader candidate, linking the refusal of the coalition government to implement games tax credits with the demise of RealTime Worlds. This is so wrong-headed I don’t know where to begin. My first (and pretty furious) response was on the GI.biz comments page: So let [...]

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   Posted in: Featured, Opinion

   Tagged with: ed balls, government, politics, realtime worlds, taxation

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