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Actually being featured is the single biggest factor to success in the App Store. Sure, having a good product is necessary for continued success, but many have

Actually being featured is the single biggest factor to success in the App Store. Sure, having a good product is necessary for continued success, but many have done well initially just by having a contact on the review team and getting placed in a prominent position (Color comes to mind).

leon_ 16y ago
Or Angry Birds. It only became a success after the devs got a publisher with contacts to Apple. > "we went to Apple with Chillingo and said, 'We've got something here.'" > On February 11, 2010, Apple agreed to feature Angry Birds on the front page of the UK App Store as game of the week. In preparation, Rovio made a YouTube trailer, only the second ever for an iPhone game, which has now had over 17 million views. http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/04/features/how-rovio-made-angry-birds-a-winner?page=3 http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/04/features/how...