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iPhone App Store Sales for #1 Spot Revealed
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Yeah, I am clearly in the wrong business. Web development is nowhere near that lucrative. Not sure I have any ideas that could be that popular, though.
The games market has changed, primarily as a result on the Nintendo DS and Wii but the iPhone is just continuing the trend - simple and interactive games / apps which take a lot less development resources. A good example is the DS game Brain Age, this was created by a team of 9 developers in 90 days (under 3 man years in total) and has currently sold 15 million copies.
You can write a lot of software for $1 million, or a little. More and more companies are going down the lot of software route, resulting in simple games and then relying on the massive target market which can mean massive profit margins. Nintendo must have easily made $50 million profit from Brain Age, other companies know that and its a massive incentive for them to invest in similar games / apps.
It is a bit of a concern that with apps priced so cheaply it will put companies off from investing the money and resources in major apps but that will become less of a problem as the iPhone market expands through unit sales. Though it doesn't even seem to be that big a problem at the moment.
You can't type FUNDS to remedy this issue?
Heh. That one takes me back. Or, a bit more recently, PIRNTOPSGUZZARDO.
Unless I'm mistaken, it was Pull My Finger that overcame obstacles. I think this guy just whipped it up when Pull My Finger got their foot in the door.
him and everyone else... i just counted 35 "fart" apps. really? this disgusts me. One fart app - ok, someone was bound to do it.
Two - competition can be good.
Five or more - absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary.
I am loving my major in college. I'm double majoring in Computer Information Systems and Computer Science. One more year left and I'll have my bachelors. I can't wait until I get my Masters because App Store here I come! LOL.
Nearly $10,000 in a day- wow.
Nearly $10,000 in a day- wow.
yeah but hey...if you can pull in 40-50 grand before it runs out...i dont see that big a problem with it...
I was thinking the same thing. SimCity is probably making EA very happy.
The app has probably already brought in close to a $1million to EA's coffers.
Unbelievable.
That's mind blowing. An application for a phone only 1 1/2 years old in Apple's iTunes App Store has made $9198 in a single day and it's primary function is humor from fart noises!!! Unbelievable.
That's mind blowing. An application for a phone only 1 1/2 years old in Apple's iTunes App Store has made $9198 in a single day and it's primary function is humor from fart noises!!! Unbelievable.
If I could, I would rip a page out of this guy's book and develop my own fart app.
I wonder, what distinguishes this fart app from the other 50? Probably not much, so the other 50 or so apps must be selling similarly well. Oh, Lord.
Maybe Apple should make the minimal price of an app $5. This would deter people buying crap like this and as a result, people will stop making them. Developers will then decide to put some time and effort into their apps. If I was a serious developer, I would be pissed that my product is being killed by crap like this.
I wonder, what distinguishes this fart app from the other 50? Probably not much, so the other 50 or so apps must be selling similarly well. Oh, Lord.
Maybe Apple should make the minimal price of an app $5. This would deter people buying crap like this and as a result, people will stop making them. Developers will then decide to put some time and effort into their apps. If I was a serious developer, I would be pissed that my product is being killed by crap like this.
Wonder if Apple will make an ad showcasing this #1 sales leader.
Wouldn't everyone want to buy a device with such a breakthrough program?
Next up: the related Apple patent application.
Wouldn't everyone want to buy a device with such a breakthrough program?
Next up: the related Apple patent application.
Is this tax free? Arn I think there would be some taxes. Still, even anything about $8000 is worth getting a peice of this pie.
It is income, therefore it isn't tax free. I hope these developers aren't blowing all the money they earn or else they're seriously going to be hurting when April 15th rolls around. Probably get stuck with a fee too if they aren't paying estimated taxes.
Absolute madness, I might invest in the iPhone Dev License if that much money can be made, even with a small time app that doesn't get high in the charts, it's still a bit of money coming in