JKKDARK
August 11th, 2008, 14:52
http://www.developmag.com/news/30313/Monkey-Ball-for-iPhone-sells-over-300000-in-just-20-days
Sega and Apple has squashed any doubts over the iPhone's viability as a platform to make games for - the two have revealed that over 300,000 people have bought the Monkey Ball game for the device in just 20 days.
At $9.99 a pop, that works out to $3m revenue in less than a month - figures which legitimise the iPhone as a development platform, Sega's US boss says.
"That's a substantial business," Simon Jeffery, president of Sega America, told the Wall Street Journal. "It gives iPhone a justifiable claim to being a viable gaming platform."
The details come as part of a larger report which shows the AppStore has generated a huge $30m in sales in its first month.
Sega and Apple has squashed any doubts over the iPhone's viability as a platform to make games for - the two have revealed that over 300,000 people have bought the Monkey Ball game for the device in just 20 days.
At $9.99 a pop, that works out to $3m revenue in less than a month - figures which legitimise the iPhone as a development platform, Sega's US boss says.
"That's a substantial business," Simon Jeffery, president of Sega America, told the Wall Street Journal. "It gives iPhone a justifiable claim to being a viable gaming platform."
The details come as part of a larger report which shows the AppStore has generated a huge $30m in sales in its first month.