Every Dev should read this post-mortem from the Game Bakers

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  1. Rainier

    Rainier Well-Known Member

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    This article from Emeric Thoa of the Game Bakers is possibly one of the best articles I've come across that will put your expectations in line with reality when it comes to developing your apps:

    MONEY AND THE APP STORE: A FEW FIGURES THAT MIGHT HELP AN INDIE DEVELOPER

    http://thegamebakers.com/money-and-the-app-store-a-few-figures-that-might-help-an-indie-developer.html

    Like one of the comments said, it is both inspiring and sobering.

    And for our friends in the US east coast, I hope you are safe from the storms.
     
  2. Wow, this is GREAT, thanks!!!
     
  3. antony.thai

    antony.thai Well-Known Member

    great topic! thank mate!
     
  4. MrBlue

    MrBlue Well-Known Member

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    Careful with some of the linked articles on there. Some go as far back as 2009 and things are very, very different today. App Store moves very fast, even 2011 might be too old. The search algo change and new iOS 6 app store invalidates a lot of methods from before.

    Also the often quoted Owen Goss's survey doesn't tell the whole story. I participated in that survey, but they asked only about gross revenue. Net revenue was a very different story. After the charts were released, I noticed I was in the top 1%, but if I took into account advertising costs, I wouldn't be anywhere near that. I spent $50k+ in advertising a year at one point and that's not including a lot of other costs.

    I remember the article when it was first posted. All in all, it had a lot of good points, but things change very fast in mobile.
     
  5. Es_

    Es_ Well-Known Member

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    Great find, thanks for this!
     
  6. FlowStudioGames

    FlowStudioGames Well-Known Member

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