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  • ARPPU in freemium games

    Most media people think in terms of normal distributions. If the price of a game “averages” £15 over its lifetime, total revenue = number of units sold x average price. The entire industry therefore fixates on number...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • Conversion rate

    As you move down the funnel, you need to start converting users into payers. Without conversion, you don’t have a business. The key difference for a free-to-play game, though, is that conversion rates are very low compared to...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • Zombie Ball: Rise of the Free

    It’s been a while since the first article about Zombie Ball (Launching an iPhone game: what we got wrong) on GamesBrief, and the team has decided to continue sharing our story. I’m grateful to Nicholas for both...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • The Blue Toad Murder Files Price Experiment

    Way back in 2008, Relentless was known just for Buzz! Our mega-successful, BAFTA-winning quiz franchise. We were riding high but we could feel the winds of change in the console market. PS3 had not given us our...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • In-App Purchases “Bring in the Dough”

    Social Cast’s mobile affairs infographic confirms that the best way to make money from mobile games is through IAP.  Since September 2009, revenue from IAP has soared, while revenue from advertising has remained almost static. With an average IAP...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • Games industry statistics – How much money could you make from in-app purchases?

    Wondering how much money you could make by introducing in-app purchases to your games? GAMESbrief has the figures you need to read on IAP revenues and players’ purchasing behaviours: Last November, in-app purchases represented 30% of all iOS...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Spilt Milk Studios Development Diary 13 – Bite of the Apple

    As I’ve said a lot (and it’s fairly common knowledge), when Apple features you, your sales rise in an entirely predictable and reassuringly reliable manner. Last time Hard Lines got featured it was in the ‘New &...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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