App Store's Emphasis on Chart Positioning Squeezing Out Developers and Media Publications


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when app store launched in 2008, provided exciting new way developers distribute third-party apps , games on iphone. release of iphone os 2.0, developers no longer constrained web apps , take advantage of possibilities afforded through native apps. @ time, exciting , opportunistic new chapter iphone users, developers , mobile gaming websites.

app store continues grow in size, however, landscape has begun change. while app store once relatively playing field, balanced mix of indie developers, mid-size studios , large publishers, storefront suffers increasing disparity, problem suffocating many developers, enthusiast media publications , broader ecosystem.

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clash of clans, game of war , candy crush saga top grossing iphone apps​

shift away paid apps towards free apps monetized in-app purchases or mobile ads has driven popularity of addictive games such clash of clans, game of war, candy crush saga , kim kardashian: hollywood, , deep-pocketed developers behind each title go extreme measures ensure continued success, including unthinkably expensive super bowl ads.

eli hodapp, editor-in-chief @ our sister website toucharcade:
the main issue not multi-million-dollar game studios spending considerably more money independent developers, rather underlying app store methodology creates artificial race top in first place: chart positioning. ranking near top of charts still must in order discovered within sea of 1.5 million apps , counting...

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article link: app store's emphasis on chart positioning squeezing out developers , media publications
 

i never @ featured or top apps more never change , never see new there prefer google find new apps sad
 


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