Modern Warfare 2 has not only shattered all records for day one sales for a video game, it did it despite the furore over Activision’s price. Which turns out to be much cheaper than Grand Theft Auto...

At the IBC legal conference I attended last week, I received some interesting iPhone download statistics. The key point was that even as the number of iPhone applications has proliferated to 75,000, and over 1.8 billion apps...

In a recent interview with GamaSutra, French developer Ankama, who have created the popular Dofus MMORPG gave out some interesting user numbers for Dofus: "Do you have any new subscription numbers for Dofus or Wakfu? Ankama: In...

A recent report from PlaySpan looks at purchases of virtual goods in the last 12 months. The key conclusion is that building a business that aims to sell extra levels just ain’t going to work. The survey...

Some recent and useful statistics (via GamaSutra): RedLynx’s motorcycle game Trial HD has been a great success “Barely a month since its launch, Trials HD has surpassed 300,000 sold units and the sales continue to ride on”...

That’s the bold claim from Playfish co-founder Sebastien de Halleux in an interview with the Financial Times this morning. His claim is an estimate “based on average revenues of $1 per month from the 20 per cent...

The people over at iSmashPhone have put together an image showing where the money flows around the iPhone eco-system. Some key datapoints: Apple “accounted for 8% of handset industry” (I think this means revenues) Apple accounted for...