Rose noted that the dreaded parity clause was still putting indie developers off. He estimated the platform saw about 20 indie titles released in 2014 with price ranges from $7 to $25. On the console side Rose focused on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 but admitted finding data for the Xbox One was hard. "On mobile most of the people I talked to said it's a given that one thing you're meant to do is give constant attention to your apps, updates, content, price drops, which is why it's really worth starting at the higher price point." Low sales could be anything from 2000 copies to zero, or 2.5 million for a mega hit if you managed to get the backing of Apple and word of mouth. Rose also said, in terms of games, 500 games a day were going up on iOS in 2014, compared to 250 a day on Android.ĭespite the massive market, discovery was an issue, and the standard price of games was also much lower than other platforms. Mobile offered a much more variable picture with 800 million iOS devices out there, 130 million new iOS users in 2014 and around 1.4 million apps currently on the App Store. And big or small games can both benefit from sales spikes in later life thanks to the legendary Steam sales. A game that does the bare minimum can still expect to shift 1000 copies. "1850 games arrived on Steam in 2014, 2500 are predicted in 2015"īut if a game can win critical acclaim, the attention of YouTubers and get its marketing right top selling titles can hit 3 million units sold. 2500 are predicted this year, which for math fans is roughly seven per day. There are over 4500 games now on the service and an intimidating 1850 of those arrived in 2014.
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But sales were generally better than those experienced by games on the Wii U eShop, long tail sales were better and Japanese ports of titles could "exceed expectations."įor PC Rose concentrated on Steam, the PC retail behemoth with 125 million active accounts currently. The two-screen system made porting difficult and only 15 indie games were released on the platform in 2014. The 3DS eShop was a slightly different proposition. Cross platform titles that had already been a hit elsewhere could see sales of up to 60,000 units. In its favour was the relative ease of porting to the device, especially if the the game had been built with Unity. "What a lot of developers said to me about the eShop is they don't have the price drops like Steam does, or PlayStation they're quite uncommon, so you can't see spikes there so much." Rose warned that after the initial exposure of launch, developers could struggle to stimulate sales. The top price for a title on the Wii U eShop is around $15.
The Wii U has sold 9.2 million units since launch and 80 indie games have been released for the eShop. One surprising takeaway? Indie developers shouldn't discount the Wii U. Click here for a list of other gaming subreddits.TinyBuild's Mike Rose shared some interesting indie digital sales facts at GDC this morning, revealing the approximate number of indie titles released for each major platform and noting the sort of sales numbers developers can expect to hit. Posts and comments, whether in jest or with malice, that contain racist, sexist, homophobic content, threats, or other forms of toxicity will be removed, regardless of popularity or relevance.įor a more detailed explanation of these rules, click here. No Kickstarter, crowdfunding, et al project "reminder" posts.
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