The content selection might be a bit hit-and-miss but those developers featured in Apple's new The Best Games You've Never Played promotion are no doubt happy with the exposure, despite the backhanded compliment.
The firstfruits of Apple's new editorial team, which is tasked with improving app discovery, the list of 49 titles ranges across many different genres.
Still, best sellers such as Fieldrunners, Homerun 3D Battle, Zenonia 2, The Secret of Monkey Island and Minigore hardly deserve additional attention.
Great games though they are, they've all been extensively played.
Equally, it could be argued that featured publishers such as Square Enix, Chillingo, Gamevil, Com2uS, Taito and LucasArts are quite capable of promoting their games using traditional cash-based marketing muscle if they want to.
Big hand for the little guys
What's more satisfying to see is indie favourites cum commercial underachievers such as iBlast Moki, Soosiz, Eliss and MiniSquadron gaining some extra App Store eyeballs.
And it will certainly be fascinating to see what the impact is in terms of driving sales. In that regard, 49 games (why 49 anyhow?) presented in a contextless smorgasbord grid might not be the best way to gain the attention of Joe Six-Pack.
Top 10 Puzzle Games You've Never Played has more of an editorial ring to it. At this point, though, it's the thought that counts.
You can see the full breakdown here [iTunes link].
News
Contributing Editor
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
Top Stories
News
11 hours, 11 minutes ago
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Week in Mobile Games E15 - Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters…
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters…
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Metacore's Teppo Soininen: “Anybody who has put a game into soft launch knows there’s still plenty of space for f*ck ups.”
Events
Tribeca Games Festival 2024 | North America | Jun 5th |
Steam Next Fest: June 2024 Edition | Jun 10th | |
GamesForum Hamburg 2024 | Europe | Jun 11th |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
ESI London 2024 | Europe | Jun 13th |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |
Game Con Canada (GCC) 2024 | North America | Jun 14th |
Indie Dev Play 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |