Comments on: iShoot Takes the Number 1 Spot in App Sales http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lite to Paid iPhone Application Data Migrations with Custom URL Handlers http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-27576 Lite to Paid iPhone Application Data Migrations with Custom URL Handlers Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:58:09 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-27576 [...] free applications have greater exposure this approach is widely advocated as a means to increase visibility and grow sales. When building a game or other stateless [...] [...] free applications have greater exposure this approach is widely advocated as a means to increase visibility and grow sales. When building a game or other stateless [...]

]]> By: ZeroCorpse http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-11794 ZeroCorpse Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:39:16 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-11794 This isn't just inspired by Scorched Earth. It pretty much IS Scorched Earth, with different names for (some of) the weapons. While I did purchase it, and it's my favorite game on my iPod touch, I have to wonder if Wendell Hicken (the creator of Scorched Earth) will ever see a dime of the profits from this game. This isn't just inspired by Scorched Earth. It pretty much IS Scorched Earth, with different names for (some of) the weapons. While I did purchase it, and it's my favorite game on my iPod touch, I have to wonder if Wendell Hicken (the creator of Scorched Earth) will ever see a dime of the profits from this game.

]]> By: 100 Free iPhone Apps That Will Make You Smarter | Social Networking Blog - SociableBlog.com http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-11471 100 Free iPhone Apps That Will Make You Smarter | Social Networking Blog - SociableBlog.com Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:11:59 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-11471 [...] iShoot Lite: iShoot Lite is the free version of iShoot, a popular app that lets you play an artillery game. Lite lets you use 6 different weapons. Play it for strategy and to calm your nerves. [...] [...] iShoot Lite: iShoot Lite is the free version of iShoot, a popular app that lets you play an artillery game. Lite lets you use 6 different weapons. Play it for strategy and to calm your nerves. [...]

]]> By: 100 applicazioni gratuite per Apple iPhone | myTechnology http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-11438 100 applicazioni gratuite per Apple iPhone | myTechnology Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:48 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-11438 [...] iShoot Lite: una specie di “Worms” ma con i carro-armatini [...] [...] iShoot Lite: una specie di "Worms" ma con i carro-armatini [...]

]]> By: 100 Free iPhone Apps That Will Make You Smarter | Best Online Colleges http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-11144 100 Free iPhone Apps That Will Make You Smarter | Best Online Colleges Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:56:34 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-11144 [...] iShoot Lite: iShoot Lite is the free version of iShoot, a popular app that lets you play an artillery game. Lite lets you use 6 different weapons. Play it for strategy and to calm your nerves. [...] [...] iShoot Lite: iShoot Lite is the free version of iShoot, a popular app that lets you play an artillery game. Lite lets you use 6 different weapons. Play it for strategy and to calm your nerves. [...]

]]> By: Bobby http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-10787 Bobby Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:03:05 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-10787 We used to play Scorched Earth obsessively in college, on my 486 PC in the early 90s. It was a very popular and well done DOS game. Sadly, it won't run on modern hardware (tho maybe it can work under DOSBox) because the game runs too fast to be playable. I've played a LOT of computer tank games that claimed to be "a worthy successor to Scorch" but this is the first one I've played that really captured the full feel and flavor of Scorch, including the "taunt-text" when the players fire. The way this game makes you select "power" by holding a button down adds a fun bit of reflex challenge to the game. The only downside is when you have a firing solution where having the power off one or two percent makes a big difference. I'll probably be buying it. As for the free version not helping sales comments, has that actually been definitively studied? Just curious. I find I personally am much more likely to buy a game after trying out a free demo version (if I like it) than I am to buy a game that I'm not sure if I'll like or not. But, of course, the only way for that to work is for the game has to actually be really really good. If your game is bad, a free version will only drive away sales, as your only hope is to dupe people into paying for what they think will be a good game. :) We used to play Scorched Earth obsessively in college, on my 486 PC in the early 90s. It was a very popular and well done DOS game. Sadly, it won't run on modern hardware (tho maybe it can work under DOSBox) because the game runs too fast to be playable.

I've played a LOT of computer tank games that claimed to be "a worthy successor to Scorch" but this is the first one I've played that really captured the full feel and flavor of Scorch, including the "taunt-text" when the players fire.

The way this game makes you select "power" by holding a button down adds a fun bit of reflex challenge to the game. The only downside is when you have a firing solution where having the power off one or two percent makes a big difference.

I'll probably be buying it.

As for the free version not helping sales comments, has that actually been definitively studied? Just curious. I find I personally am much more likely to buy a game after trying out a free demo version (if I like it) than I am to buy a game that I'm not sure if I'll like or not.

But, of course, the only way for that to work is for the game has to actually be really really good. If your game is bad, a free version will only drive away sales, as your only hope is to dupe people into paying for what they think will be a good game. :)

]]> By: Hkiphone http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-10698 Hkiphone Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:40:04 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-10698 Thoroughly convinced of the games merits after trying Lite version and paid up. Love the dynamic nature of the game as the battlefield is transformed because of destructible landscapes. The defensive weapons like Great Wall are excellent in the full version. So glad the dev didn't give up and gave users a chance to sample it. :) Thoroughly convinced of the games merits after trying Lite version and paid up. Love the dynamic nature of the game as the battlefield is transformed because of destructible landscapes. The defensive weapons like Great Wall are excellent in the full version. So glad the dev didn't give up and gave users a chance to sample it. :)

]]> By: OmniGeno http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-10690 OmniGeno Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:26:34 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-10690 I've never played whatever this "Scorched Earth" thing is, but I did play the HECK out of Nathan Sturtevant's Dome Wars. Man, it even had a way to create your own weapons, use your own textures and backgrounds, and insert your own battle music. Anyway, I've download iShoot Free and I definitely enjoy getting back to this type of game. I've never played whatever this "Scorched Earth" thing is, but I did play the HECK out of Nathan Sturtevant's Dome Wars. Man, it even had a way to create your own weapons, use your own textures and backgrounds, and insert your own battle music.

Anyway, I've download iShoot Free and I definitely enjoy getting back to this type of game.

]]> By: WiseWeasel http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-10666 WiseWeasel Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:44:08 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-10666 I noticed this app making its way up the sales charts, and all the very positive reviews and gave it a shot. I was not disappointed. Between iShoot and Tiki Towers, which I also just bought for the same reason, my iPhone hardly gets time to charge in between games. Now if only Team 17 would bring out a decent port of Worms, I'd be in heaven... I noticed this app making its way up the sales charts, and all the very positive reviews and gave it a shot. I was not disappointed. Between iShoot and Tiki Towers, which I also just bought for the same reason, my iPhone hardly gets time to charge in between games. Now if only Team 17 would bring out a decent port of Worms, I'd be in heaven…

]]> By: 年が明けたのって2週間前？！ iPhoneニュースと世相ナナメ読み 2009年1月14日 ver 1.0 : iPhone AppBank http://toucharcade.com/2009/01/13/ishoot-takes-the-number-1-spot-in-app-sales/#comment-10658 年が明けたのって2週間前？！ iPhoneニュースと世相ナナメ読み 2009年1月14日 ver 1.0 : iPhone AppBank Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:14:45 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1547#comment-10658 [...] Who says Lite apps don’t work?! - Inside iPhone Blog iShoot Takes the Number 1 Spot in App Sales | Touch Arcade なぜ脱獄しなくちゃいけないのか。 Why You Have To Jailbreak the iPhone - [...] [...] Who says Lite apps don't work?! – Inside iPhone Blog iShoot Takes the Number 1 Spot in App Sales | Touch Arcade なぜ脱獄しなくちゃいけないのか。 Why You Have To Jailbreak the iPhone – [...]

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