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Those are paid app revenues only, though. Because of Google's focus on advertising, that's becoming a very viable alternative method of revenue for app producer
by timdorr 16y ago
Those are paid app revenues only, though. Because of Google's focus on advertising, that's becoming a very viable alternative method of revenue for app producers. Look at Angry Birds, who is bringing $1m per month on Android [1] and doesn't have to sell to as many new customers to maintain those numbers. Eventually, they're going to hit a wall. $.99 is great up front, but $0.05 a month from 5x the number of customers is better.
[1] http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/03/angry-birds-android-1-million-ad-revenue/ http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/03/angry-birds-android-1-m...
- tjogin 16y agoAngry Birds on Android was launched off of the success on the iPhone though. Not that invalidates their success on the Android platform or anything, just that it doesn't speak to the power of the Android platform, since it probably would never have happened if not for their previous success on the iPhone. I.e. the Angry Birds story is not a good example of when focusing on Android rather than iOS would have been a good idea. Can you think of any Android exclusive app or game that is achieving a similar success? Then that app is probably a better example.