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About Angry Birds clones - surely they're called clones only because Angry Birds was a breakout hit? In the case of more modest successes, their copycats may be
by creamyhorror 14y ago
About Angry Birds clones - surely they're called clones only because Angry Birds was a breakout hit? In the case of more modest successes, their copycats may be the first thing that many people browsing the App store see. Then they never see the original in the first place (especially if the copycat has gamed the placement or search results). Then they'll never know it was a clone of something that came earlier.
(If you have an app that is clearly better and is at the top of the marketing pile, then there's no problem of course. Let others clone you all they want - you'll still stay ahead.)
- bermanoid 14y agoAbsolutely - look at PapiJump as compared to Doodle Jump. I've heard on too many occasions to count that PapiJump is just a less polished clone of Angry Birds, despite the fact that is predates it by more than a decade. People probably look at Farm Town and assume it's just another FarmVille ripoff... First to market only makes a difference if you're huge, otherwise you might as well be doing market fit analysis for your competitors. Then again, games are an area where success is particularly easy to track, so you gain very little by keeping sales figures private. In other areas, you might be giving away a lot more information by letting people know that your weekend project is selling 10k a day.