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World Of Goo Has Now Been Downloaded More Than One Million Times

World Of Goo Has Now Been Downloaded More Than One Million Times

January 13, 2012
Since World of Goo first debuted in the App Store back in 2010, the popular puzzler (which is developed by 2D Boy) has been downloaded more than one million times. The application is available for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, in three different versions: one that is iPhone-only, another that's universal, and a third that is obviously available in the Mac App Store. In the developer's announcement post, 2D Boy gave readers a breakdown of the application's download figures:
  • 69% of downloads and 79% of revenue came from the Universal version
  • 29% of downloads and 17% of revenue came from the iPhone version
  • 2% of downloads and 4% of revenue came from the Mac App Store
Though the revenue generated from the Mac App Store application cannot be ignored, it's clear that Apple's mobile operating system is the platform budding developers should concentrate on. 2D Boy also notes that the Android Market has potential, though it did not generate as much revenue as Apple's iOS App Store:
On a related note, the Android version, which we released on the Android Market a little over a month ago is also doing really well. On Android we released a free demo (same as on the PC) and a paid version for the same price as the Universal iOS version ($4.99). So far, the free demo has been downloaded about 450,000 times, and we’ve sold about 70,000 copies of the full version. For comparison, during the same period of time after the iOS launch, we sold about 180,000 copies. This is not a fair comparison for a variety reasons, but it does indicate that the Android Market is no longer the tiny upstart it was a year or two ago. Another thing worth pointing out is that even though most of the time the Android Market top 10 list contains only freemium/F2P games, there is an opportunity for high visibility paid games to do very well on Android.
Currently, World of Goo HD (universal) is available for $4.99, while World of Goo (iPhone) can be yours for $2.99. The Mac version of the application is priced slightly higher at $9.99. [via Touch Arcade]

Mentioned apps

$2.99
World of Goo
World of Goo
2D BOY
$4.99
World of Goo HD
World of Goo HD
2D BOY

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