First app to hit a million PAID downloads: Flick Sports Fishing

Thats insane

Looks like Apple had the right idea

 

Thought Flight Control did this already?

 

I saw this and was very puzzled. Flight Control and Pocket God both hit a million long before Flick Fishing.

 

Maybe they mean first freeverse paid app to hit a million?

 

Hmm.....since the report is mostly on the in-app purchasing, could it be that it's the 1st app to have 1m in-app purchases....just guessing cause that's really far off...

 

I bet fieldrunners and nitro kart have sold a million copies a loooooooooong time ago.

 

That holds less awe than being the FIRST to do it out of all the games out there. But congrats none the less, big achievement.

 

It's the internet guys! Everyone claims to be the first!

Ps. First!

 

Haha, technically you are the first...On the second page.

 

hmm I thought it meant to be the first to reach 1 million of that 3.0 paid in-app content thingy. That's what surprised me.

 

Can't see that a million people have bought in-app on Flick Fishing to be honest.

 

Agree. To make it to 1 million for in app would mean the userbase for the game is HUGE. I can't see everyone that bought the game also purchased the in app download because I own the game and I didn't buy the extra fishing spot pack. Consider the game has 3 mill users, 1/3rd of them downloaded the expansion pack? Not likely. That last part was a hypothetical.

 

Congrats to freeverse. Flick Fishing is a great game.

 

not for me, i have 20 posts per page. And yes this app has got its facts wrong

PS First! (time for me to post in this thread)

 

Is there a site that gives stats on sales for apps? I've always wondered about certain games how many copies they sell.

 

who cares, i would be happy to sell a million anything anytime. it is really funny that they were all stoked on it tho and ended up being wrong, hahahahah

 

Found this elsewhere, it does mention about FC and Firemint announcing it only a few days ago as well but doesn't exactly mean they were first just first to announce it and they didnt state they were the first either so who knows really.

"Phone publisher Freeverse announced that its popular accelerometer-controlled fishing sim Flick Fishing has become the first paid application in the iTunes App Store to surpass the one million download mark. The title sold its millionth copy worldwide over the weekend.

Freeverse also reveals that nearly ten percent of Flick Fishing owners have used the iPhone OS 3.0’s In-App Purchasing functionality to purchase additional game content. Flick Fishing’s expanded paid content — which includes new fish, an extra fishing spot, and a multiplayer gameplay mode — was released shortly after the debut of iPhone OS 3.0 last week.

Interestingly, developer Firemint has issued a similar App Store sales claim, noting that its air traffic management game Flight Control surpassed one million downloads late last week. Firemint’s announcement arrived on Friday, June 19th, while Freeverse issued its press release earlier today.

Firemint made no mention of whether Flight Control was the first application to sell one million copies, however, leaving some doubt as to which title was the first to reach the milestone."