Angry Birds maker Rovio today revealed some financial figures, as reported in the Guardian. EUR152.2 million in revenue EUR55.5m in net profit 45% of revenue from consumer products such as plush toys (EUR68.5m) 1.7 billion downloads of...

$7 billion sounds like a lot of money. That’s how much Apple has paid out to developers making apps for the Apple Appstore since the Appstore was launched in 2008. Given that 30/70 split in the favour...

In the course of over 2 months since its release as an IAP-supported free app, Ski Champion has netted Majaka a grand total of (drum drum drum) … 450 € ! Yup, not missing any K...

If you were to believe free-to-play evangelists like ngmoco’s Ben Cousins or PopCap’s Giordano Contestabile, then anyone asking whether or not free-to-play is a fad has missed the boat. It’s not the future anymore, they argue, because...

The Financial Times has uncovered numbers from Minecraft-maker Mojang’s financial statements suggesting the company made revenues of $80 million from Minecraft sales in the 15 months since the game launched in October 2010. That figure compares to Rovio’s...

Gamesbrief recently published a post estimating that 9 games made at least $20 million on the Appstore in 2011. This led to a big debate on Twitter about the viability of iOS, and ultimately on the future...

The GAMESbrief revenue forecasting spreadsheet is aimed at forecasting gross revenues. Many people have asked me to include the cut taken by the platform holder since, in effect, these costs are always taken out.