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Appstore price points: either $0.99 or $4.99 seem to be the sweet spots

By on July 10, 2009

PocketGamer has crunched some numbers on the AppStore, and have some fascinating results.

They took the top 100 games in the US chart, and looked at price point, game brands and more. They show, for example, that in the top 100, 36 games are priced at $0.99, but the next largest group is twenty titles priced at $4.99.

I think their analysis is worth checking out.

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About Nicholas Lovell

Nicholas is the founder of Gamesbrief, a blog dedicated to the business of games. It aims to be informative, authoritative and above all helpful to developers grappling with business strategy. He is the author of a growing list of books about making money in the games industry and other digital media, including How to Publish a Game and Design Rules for Free-to-Play Games, and Penguin-published title The Curve: thecurveonline.com