Out of curiosity, Bobby, what apps do you have out there? I'm curious if I already have them, personally decided I didn't want them, or missed them in the huge influx of software being released recently.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I reluctantly have to agree. I have stopped development on the two > other games I had nearly ready to go; two more apps were already on > hold because the platform is missing essential features necessary to > complete them, and questions about a timeframe for availability are > not received well. I'm not abandoning Android, anything could happen, > but for my little company at least, Android development just became > the lowest priority. > > > On Mar 12, 9:33 am, "bobby.ko...@gmail.com" <ko...@beiks.com> wrote: >> Hi folks, just answerin the question from the thread subject, not >> continuing the thread: No,from where we stand apps do not make money >> on Android. >> >> We ported two simple games that sell reasonably well for BlackBerry, >> Windows Mobile and even Palm, dead as it is. >> >> The ports are fairly decent and we tried both high price and low >> prices. >> >> Oddly enogh we had best results with high price and trial version >> published as free before purchasing was enabled and before they shut >> it down. >> People were complaining in the forum from being asked for money, but >> we still saw most sales at reasonably high price. >> >> Ever since the paid marketplace was launched both the interest and the >> revenue dropped. We tried anywhere between $0.99 and $4.99 and in >> either case we just saw many sales matched by equally high number of >> returns. >> >> Of course one can argue that the quality does not justify the price, >> but that wouldn;'t explain why similar quality (it has got to be >> similar on BlackBerry Storm) sells much better for twice the price. >> >> Again, from where we stand Android apps do not make money. >> >> For me it's because of how Android/G1 are targeted/marketed. I don;t >> blame Google, I think they do that on purpose with particular goal. >> >> I just fail to see where do we , the developers, fit in the picture. >> There might be suficient revenue to live on, but I don't see the >> potential for great revenue. >> >> Perhaps we should adjust to what people actually want and develop >> AndFart (after iFart, one of the best selling apps for iPhone) if it >> hasn't already been developed. >> >> Then again, that's not our type of app...which may explain why Android >> apps are not generating revenue for us. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
