Read your way through this forum and you will find that many believe these stats are a result of characteristics of the Android Market in its current form rather than the unwillingness of users to shell out a few bucks.
On May 6, 7:23 pm, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking through the Android Market and I found some very sad > stats. > > Glu Mobile, a big and reputable game company has 4 games (according to > Cyrket) on the Android Market. Of those games, 2 are free (Bonsai > Blast and Brain Genius Deluxe). Both of the free games have had > downloads through the roof, over 250,000 each! > > The other two games (Build-a-Lot and Diner Dash 2) are both priced at > $4.99. These games haven`t been nearly as successful. Build-a-Lot > only sold 100-500 copies ($350 to $1,750), and Diner Dash 2 sold LESS > THAN 50 copies ($0 to max of $170). > > Those are horrible findings, and no one can expect companies to pour > money into android projects if no one is willing to buy them. > Especially games. > > But they also show that Android users seem to favor the Google way of > business (free with possibly ads). Maybe placing ads on bonsai or > brain genius would yield more cash for glu mobile???? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
