One of the best things that come of all the SDK’s out there that developers are using for various functions under the hood of their games is the neat statistics the companies providing said SDK’s can come up with. For instance, adding Flurry helps developers figure out how people are using their apps, and as a result, both the Flurry Blog and the Flurry Tech Blog are fascinating reads which have served as the source of a bunch of interesting news posts here on TouchArcade over the years.
Today’s source of “Huh, that’s neat,” comes from Appington. They have a platform called Amplify which basically makes it easier for developers to add sound to their games. Since they’re in the sound world, it’d only make sense that they’d pull analytics on who is playing with sound on and as someone whose phone is always on silent, the results were surprising.
Per the data they have access to, 73% of the people out there are playing games with their volume at 10% or higher. Additionally, only 3% of players worldwide are playing with headphones in. The geographical split is even more interesting: 78% of the people in the US, 58% in the UK, and 90% in China and Korea play games with their sound on.
I never ever would have guessed that these numbers would be so high. When I’m not playing through a game specifically for TouchArcade purposes and am just playing something while I’m out, I always figured it’d rude to have your sound on, so mine stays muted. Is that weird? Apparently to 73% of mobile gamers out there it is!
There's this thing called Kuaiyong and it gets you free apps and games. Please do a review on it and tell us why it isn't blocked yet :)
Something to do with apples enterprise business. Company's like Kuaiyong use this model, and distribute there paid apps for everyone to download and share. Something apple needs to fix.
You are one smart cookie :). Thankyou
Glad to see I'm not the only one with a 3GS. Although now that Mike Meade (sorry dude, had to google you) has upgraded, perhaps I am. I'm still not upgrading; I have a mini as well which has suited me very well the past year for gaming and my 3GS (still on iOS 4, too - haven't upgraded that recently either) is still rocking and rolling.
I had a 3GS until about 3 weeks ago, when I switched to a 5s, and let me tell you that I completely rediscovered the world of iOS gaming!
So Mike, I more than understand what you feel!
Off to listen to your amazing podcast then!
In our shop system can not update some new games. It is actually faulty or blocked by something. I'm really looking forward to the changes that
I also had a 3GS until last August, then I upgraded it to iPhone 5.
Found there is many Mike Meade on Google including a football player & a singer but I guess the one from beaver tab games is the one!!! I love their Mickey games. Anyway he was not alone in his 3GS clinging, many of us were till a few weeks back :-)
I'm actually kind of disappointed. Mike Meade being the holdout with his 3GS was like a nice foil to Eli's eternal Apple-wunderkind status. ;)
Who watches toucharcade show?