Well, not the sole reason. There are other strong drivers such as the ability to easily self publish, more opportunity for creating original IP, and low development costs. And some are pushed given there is far less work in the console retail and handheld spaces these days as opposed to 5 years ago.
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Candy Crush Saga yields 470,000 ($625K) per day, has 45 million players worldwide
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Well, not the sole reason. There are other strong drivers such as the ability to easily self publish, more opportunity for creating original IP, and low development costs. And some are pushed given there is far less work in the console retail and handheld spaces these days as opposed to 5 years ago.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
I got to level 300 without paying anything, can be very frustrating. I was basically in a race with my friend or I would have stopped long before that.
Sickboy007
Member
I blame my girlfriend.
LEGEND0F117
Banned
I blame my wife and her friends.
Ban Puncher
Member
The only exposure I've had to Candy Crush Saga are those fucking annoying popup ads on my iPad when I'm trying to surf the information superhighway aka The Web.
None of my money.
None of my money.
Chû Totoro
Member
Now you understand why I say the touchpad is going to be the PS4's Ace in the hole.
I'm also on that level... Fucken level is glitched on iOS. Anyway I've made it this far with only spending 5 bucks. 5 different levels have pissed me off to no end, in which I used the +5 move mechanic.
Blue_Barry
Member
Why?
Fumito Ueda is on my Facebook friend list and he is constantly playing candy crush. TLG will never come out)
Or it will come out for PlayStation Mobile with a *slightly* different game design. >_>
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
And they still have casual players.
Good point on that arcade thing. I'm being really cynical at first, but your post just gave me the picture how practice like this already being there since a long time. Well, good for King I guess. I just hope this doesn't make any dedicated game developer jump the the bandwagon. This kind of game, a time sinker that give a false sense of progression is really bad for people and I hate it.
DragonSworne
Banned
So they make $228.1 million dollars a year off one game?
Holy crap
Holy crap
ComputerMKII
Banned
Or you could just release a Grand Theft Auto game and your company's funds would be secured for the next three years.
A full, pay to play game with microtransaction is like personal/home car with active argometre installed.
KojiKnight
Member
Every time a stat like this is released, another mid-tier developer goes to cell phone only.
I've recently started playing it on a whim. Not really sure how people can get addicted to it, but I do know almost all of my friends are currently playing the game. None, however, have dropped a cent on it.
It's not bad as a distraction, but nothing more. Still, that number seems a bit on the insane side.
It's not bad as a distraction, but nothing more. Still, that number seems a bit on the insane side.
Puzzles and Dragons makes US$4m per day.
Midnight Moon
Banned
My boyfriend is at like Level 180, he is obsessed. Yet I have a shelf full of games...<_>
Wonder how well that 3DS version will do once it's released...
stargateheaven
Member
yeah i can't beat it cos of a glitch. hope its fixed soon. im trying to not spend anything at all.
really i only play it during dialysis (i have 4 hours to waste lol)
I think the game is great, very polished and very satisfying. i've given them no money though, so i'm happy
AdventureRacing
Member
Now you understand why I say the touchpad is going to be the PS4's Ace in the hole.
The appeal of a game like this isn't touch screen gaming. It's being able to play the thing on your phone using nothing but a touch screen.
sixteen-bit
Member
gotta respect the hustle
Professor Lich
Member
I wonder what the average play time per person is, and the total time each day overall.
That's something to note as well. If you find three or four of these games that you really enjoy, you can rotate them so you're virtually never waiting for a recharge. As soon as one is exhausted, another has recharged.
Of course, you have those moments when you stop and think 'why the fuck am I evolving an Alpaca, over and over?!', but I get those moments with any gaming.
Minecraft raked in €311.000 in the last 24h on PC alone, I assume the Xbox version + pocket edition combined make atleast half that too.
Portugeezer
Member
My dad plays Candy Crush and I was surprised when he told me to pay (69p or something) to get the extra levels for him. He is mostly a TV watching guy so I was surprised.
& it's also the fact that touch controls are simple & easy for people to get into so when a game becomes big the devs will not have too much of a hard time porting it to the PS4 without changing the gameplay much.
Pinko Marx
Banned
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Now you understand why I say the touchpad is going to be the PS4's Ace in the hole.
Haha, seriously?
I'm glad to see any game company succeed, especially when it's not one of the juggernauts like EA or Activision. However, the success of Candy Crush is going to ensure that the future of gaming is nickeling and diming players to death with IAP. Look at the top 20 top grossing games on the Google Play market - other than Minecraft, pretty much everything on there is listed as 'free'.
At this point, I don't even play mobile games anymore - I don't find the idea of playing a game and constantly second guessing it, waiting for the inevitable demand to open my wallet (yet again) to be fun, nor do I get any enjoyment out of the 'I'm gonna play the whole game without spending a single cent, 'fun' be damned' metagame where you're forced to replay the same levels over and over again for days, switching between multiple games with daily cooldowns, just to get some semblance of 'fun' out of the whole thing.
At this point, I don't even play mobile games anymore - I don't find the idea of playing a game and constantly second guessing it, waiting for the inevitable demand to open my wallet (yet again) to be fun, nor do I get any enjoyment out of the 'I'm gonna play the whole game without spending a single cent, 'fun' be damned' metagame where you're forced to replay the same levels over and over again for days, switching between multiple games with daily cooldowns, just to get some semblance of 'fun' out of the whole thing.
show me your skeleton
Member
all the developers that went bankrupt this generation must really feel silly now!
Right. All of the people going on about how you don't have to pay are missing the point. Lots of these games make not paying an awful experience, even if you can eventually do or unlock everything. Very few free to play games have a model that is on par with something like Dota 2.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I tried this recently, and it's slick as hell. It's your standard match 3, but it's the most polished one I've seen.
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Mechanized
Member
Casual drek like this is just the new slot machine. Except without the chance of getting anything back out of your investment.