Archive for the ‘Sales’ Category

1. Temple Run saw revenues leap 4x when they went free to play

   January 25, 2012

   Current iOS darling Temple Run started life as a paid app. It cost 99c and contained in-app-purchases.

   According to an interview with Gamasutra, the app reached the top 50 in the paid app charts in August 2011, and developer Imangi turned it free in September, with impressive results.

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   Posted in: Sales

   Tagged with: f2p, free-to-play, imangi, iOS, temple run

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2. What will free-to-play gamers pay for – the wooga experience

   January 19, 2012

   At a client last week, I was asked what virtual goods are most popular with customers. I remembered that wooga CEO Jens Begemann had given the answer for one of their most popular games and via Twitter, Nicola Hibbert was kind enough to steer me to the GamesIndustry.biz report of Jen’s talk.

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   Posted in: Sales

   Tagged with: aesthetics, consumables, monster world, virtual goods, wooga

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3. Is iOS freemium a lottery?

   December 22, 2011

   Gamesbrief recently published a post estimating that 9 games made at least $20 million on the Appstore in 2011. This led to a big debate on Twitter about the viability of iOS, and ultimately on the future of Gamesbrief itself.

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   Posted in: Opinion, Sales

   Tagged with: Distribution, freemium, iOS, ipad, iphone, revenue

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4. Spilt Milk Studios Development Diary 18: Christmas Roundup

   December 21, 2011

   I thought it’d be nice (and a bit of a reassuring cliché) to do a roundup of the Hard Lines story so far, and take a look at some of the interesting facts and figures that have come to light since we launched Hard Lines in June of this year.

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   Posted in: Guest Post, Lessons Learned, Marketing, Sales

   Tagged with: andrew smith, digital distribution, downloads, guest post, hard lines, iaps, spilt milk studios

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5. How many units has Whale Trail sold, and in which Countries?

   December 21, 2011

   UsTwo are continuing their habit of being extremely open with the sales data from their game Whale Trail.

   In a tweet yesterday, Chief Wonka Mills (as the head of the UsTwo styles himself), shared this chart of unit sales of Whale Trail to date, by country.

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   Posted in: Analysis, Sales

   Tagged with: iOS, mills, statistic, ustwo, whale trail

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6. 9 games make at least $20 million on the Appstore in 2011

   December 20, 2011

   How much money can you make on iOS? That’s a pretty key question if you are trying to work out if it is worth your effort to develop for the platform.
   At least 9 games made $20 million in revenue in 2011…

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   Posted in: Sales

   Tagged with: appstore, infinity blade, iOS, iphone, statistics, tiny tower, top grossing

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7. Go Free to make money on iOS–57% of the Top Grossing Games on the US Appstore are Free

   December 20, 2011

   My analysis of the top grossing apps of 2011 yesterday covered the UK market. Today, I’ll look at the US App Store Top Grossing apps, based on the 2011 Rewind feature.

   Games dominate the appstore in the US, with a full 80% of the top grossing apps. Only one non-game app appears in the top 20 (a navigation app called MotionX GPS Drive).

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   Posted in: Analysis, Sales

   Tagged with: appstore, free-to-play, freemium, iOS, top grossing. statistics, us

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