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Which myth? Did we read the same article? > That there's no more middle ground in the app store, only the Clash of Clans and Candy Crushes and the rest with no
by sago 10y ago
Which myth? Did we read the same article?
> That there's no more middle ground in the app store, only the Clash of Clans and Candy Crushes and the rest with no downloads
Did he say anything like that?
In the version I read he said that his games weren't making enough money to be viable, though he expected the market to be big enough to support their work. No mention of middles, Clash of Clans or anything.
FWIW: I also let my Apple dev license lapse, for similar reasons. Perhaps I could have gained that 'valuable knowledge' through years of experience, to get to a point of making a modest return. Perhaps. But, like Jeff, I found other platforms to be much more financially viable.
- fnayr 10y agoSure, and to be fair to author, my point wasn't made to combat his article. I was more responding to the headline which reminded me of the "indieapocalypse" articles that make news all the time. Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you. If you found more viable platforms of course that makes sense to pursue. I think that's what more developers who complain about the meager app store sales ought to do (explore alternatives), rather than just whine about the apocalypse and hope their downloads magically change.
- chris_wot 10y agoI think it's more interesting that to keep maintaining the games he was forced to keep purchasing an Apple developer license, and that it was cheaper for him to pull the games than to risk reputation all damage with crashing apps, even if they are free. This genuinely sounds like a problem for Apple. Without a healthy App Store ecosystem there is little reason to purchase an iPad!
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- sleepybrett 10y agoTo be fair, Llamasoft has be deliciously weird since I was a kid playing their stuff on the C64. It's not mainstream work. Their stuff generally looks terrible but is a delight to play. You live or die on the appstore based on screenshots and price point.