Microsoft's decision to roll out app analytics for Windows Phone 7 means developers finally have an idea just how many downloads their titles are clocking up.
Thanks to Impossible Shoota developer Elbert Perez, so do we.
In a blog post on his website Occasional Gamer, Perez revealed his free shoot 'em up has currently been downloaded 21,000 times since it launched on November 21.
Download details
It's an interesting figure, given Impossible Shoota currently sits in the top ten free games on the platform.
Such a tally means the game is currently notching up around 840 downloads a day (although Perez himself puts the figure somewhere between 1,000 and 14,000, suggesting severe fluctuations).
Perez hopes it's also enough to make a healthy income when the game is ad enabled.
"Hopefully this will be a successful business model for me because it benefits me and everyone out there looking for a quality game for free," says Perez.
"My two other paid games are not going as well, but I have plans to make them free and ad supported as well."
Said paid releases Scribble Defense and Zombidemix have amassed sales of more than 750 between them, both titles retailing for 99c apiece.
[source: Occasional Gamer]
News
With a fine eye for detail, Keith Andrew is fuelled by strong coffee, Kylie Minogue and the shapely curve of a san serif font.
Top Stories
Feature
May 16th, 2024
Behind the scenes: How adding sandwich offers to an idle merge game boosted three metrics at once
as
Feature
May 16th, 2024
Honor of Kings set for June 20th global launch after $15 billion+ revenue in China
Feature
May 14th, 2024
Matej Lančarič's Squad Busters deep dive: Under the skin of 2024's biggest launch yet
Events
Valencia Indie Summit 2024 | Europe | May 16th |
Digital Dragons | Europe | May 19th |
GamesBeat Summit 2024 | North America | May 20th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Nordic Game Spring 2024 | Nordic | May 21st |
Impact 2024 - Indie Games | May 23rd | |
Morocco Gaming Expo | Africa | May 24th |
MomoCon 2024 | North America | May 24th |