{"id":14195,"date":"2016-04-14T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2016-04-15T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:26:15","slug":"over-70-of-app-store-purchases-are-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/over-70-of-app-store-purchases-are-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 70% of App Store Purchases Are for Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsshadowcat.com\/70-app-store-purchases-spent-games-explanation\/\">Mayur Dhaka<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/nsshadowcat.com\/70-app-store-purchases-spent-games-explanation\/\">\n<p>According to the study, the top 5 categories&nbsp;where money is being spent are, in order: Games, Music, Social Networking, Entertainment and Lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>I, <a href=\"http:\/\/initialcharge.net\/2016\/03\/buying-games-not-apps\/\">like Michael<\/a>, would love for indie developers (at least the one who make productivity apps and the like) to see their apps climb the charts too. But an excellently designed calendar app just doesn&rsquo;t make enough users <em>feel<\/em> the same way as winning a game against a friend. So when it comes time to choose between spending $5 on&nbsp;a better calendaring system or spending&nbsp;those five dollars in beating a&nbsp;friend at a game, which developer&nbsp;you think is buying themselves a coffee that evening?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/thedalrymplereport.libsyn.com\/episode-34-the-saddest-sentence\">Jim Dalrymple<\/a>, who talks about what he sees being promoted in the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>Update (2016-04-14): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigGrannell\/status\/720664181758889984\">Craig Grannell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigGrannell\/status\/720664181758889984\"><p>Which makes Apple&rsquo;s ongoing lack of interest in games all the more baffling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Update (2016-04-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/pljns.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/over-70-of-app-store-purchases-are-for-games\/\">Paul Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pljns.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/over-70-of-app-store-purchases-are-for-games\/\"><p>While professional, productivity, and utility applications aren&rsquo;t #1, I get the impression its still a&nbsp;<em>huge<\/em> market. Stranger still, the recent Game Center white-screen bugs seem to indicate that Apple&rsquo;s incentives haven&rsquo;t particularly swayed to providing to the needs of game developers, but the amount of new graphics APIs recently somewhat counter this.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayur Dhaka: According to the study, the top 5 categories&nbsp;where money is being spent are, in order: Games, Music, Social Networking, Entertainment and Lifestyle. [&#8230;] I, like Michael, would love for indie developers (at least the one who make productivity apps and the like) to see their apps climb the charts too. 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