EA quietly opens '8lb Gorilla' to make smaller iPhone games

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deanb @ Jul 11th 2009 3:31PM

"what with people making lots of money and investing so little to do so" - I thought this had been proven to be a complete fallacy. Unless you were a big or well known developer (i.e EA, PopCap, id) then it would be very difficult to make cash from the iphone. Especially with you earlier report that games mostly sell at $2 or less.

Sly @ Jul 11th 2009 4:37PM

ngmoco has found a good deal of success, but they are in the minority...

whylekat @ Jul 11th 2009 5:27PM

No you're incorrect. The guy who made iShoot made 30 or 60 thousand (can't rememer exactly) the 1st month I believe. And he expects to be a millionare by the end of the year if he isn't already.

And that's just a simple version of scorched earth.

deanb @ Jul 11th 2009 5:54PM

How the hell is he making money off that iShoot? Surely that's free?
http://www.freeonlinegames.com/arcade-games/tanks.html -cos this flash game version is.
But this article paints a much more realistic picture -
http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/iphone-app-store-s-brutal-reality-get-viral-or-don-t-quit-your-day-job
Which reinforces the fact you need to be a big developer, or get well known through viral or the iTunes charts. Which with 50,000 pieces of potential shovelware can be pretty hard

whylekat @ Jul 11th 2009 7:41PM

It was 99 cents and it sold incredibly well. The story was in most newspapers, USA Today & NY times for sure. Also on G4tv's Attack of the Show segment during The Feed. I think even joystiq had a post about it.

whylekat @ Jul 11th 2009 7:47PM

Wow it's actually $1.99 now. And states that it was the #1 app from Jan-feb '09. So those months alone = bundles of cash.

Bootes @ Jul 12th 2009 4:11PM

"Which reinforces the fact you need to be a big developer, or get well known through viral or the iTunes charts. Which with 50,000 pieces of potential shovelware can be pretty hard"

Well duh, if no one hears about your game in any way then no one buys it and you don't make money. It's not like people can make games for the Xbox and not tell anyone and make millions.

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