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Re: iPad? Really?
Posted By: Hedgemony <hedgemony@live.com>Date: 12/21/11 2:51 p.m.

In Response To: iPad? Really? (Pkmnrulz240)


: GLWT

2DBoy who made World of Goo had a fascinating blob about Ipad games. Here's a snippet from them:

"World of Goo’s launch on iPad gave us a new perspective on that discussion. In the first month of sales on the iPad App Store, World of Goo sold 125k copies (thanks to being prominently featured by Apple). In comparison, World of Goo’s best 31 day period on WiiWare was 68k copies (thanks to a mass mailing by Nintendo), and on Steam it was 97k copies (thanks to two promotions at discounted prices). So far, the iPad version is by far the fastest selling version of the game, both in terms of number of units sold and in revenue generated.

What makes this even more amazing is that this is a two year old game released on a platform that is less than a year old. The iPad doesn’t have the benefit of an install base built up over several years.

In the short term, we still think that if an independent developer can get their game on a console it’s a safer bet than playing the App Store lottery, but one might wonder whether, in the long run, it even matters who wins the PSN / WiiWare / XBLA race."

It's a viable market.

-Hedge.

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Former H4 designer working on interesting projectGrimBrother One 12/21/11 11:48 a.m.
     Re: Former H4 designer working on interesting projJDQuackers 12/21/11 12:32 p.m.
     Why should we care?RC Master 12/21/11 1:40 p.m.
           Re: Why should we care?General Vagueness 12/21/11 1:57 p.m.
                 Re: Why should we care?NOKYARD 12/21/11 2:18 p.m.
                       Re: Why should we care?General Vagueness 12/21/11 4:22 p.m.
                             Re: Why should we care?NOKYARD 12/22/11 4:36 a.m.
                                   Re: Why should we care?General Vagueness 12/22/11 5:04 p.m.
                                         Re: Why should we care?Louis Wu 12/22/11 7:58 p.m.
                 Re: Why should we care?GrimBrother One 12/21/11 2:49 p.m.
                       Re: Why should we care?Miguel Chavez 12/21/11 3:38 p.m.
                             Re: Why should we care?General Vagueness 12/21/11 5:00 p.m.
     Re: Former H4 designer working on interesting projBeckx 12/21/11 2:08 p.m.
     iPad? Really?Pkmnrulz240 12/21/11 2:20 p.m.
           Re: iPad? Really?Hedgemony 12/21/11 2:51 p.m.
                 Re: iPad? Really?Miguel Chavez 12/21/11 3:33 p.m.
     my only question...Miguel Chavez 12/21/11 3:38 p.m.
     If this wasn't connected to Bungie before...Hitmonchan107 12/21/11 5:24 p.m.
           Maybe connected now. *NM*Hitmonchan107 12/21/11 6:11 p.m.
           Nice work. :) *NM*Louis Wu 12/21/11 6:16 p.m.
           Re: If this wasn't connected to Bungie before...RC Master 12/22/11 6:26 a.m.
     Re: Former H4 designer working on interesting projTheSparbiter 12/22/11 4:19 a.m.



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