The most interesting articles and materials of App2Top last week: the CPI price in Japan is three times higher than in the USA; Apple does not like Tapjoy; everything about the Chinese mobile app market; the volume of the mobile games market in Russia is close to $ 400 million and much, much more.
1. CPI in Japan is three times higher than the American oneThe price for installation in the Land of the Rising Sun is much higher than in the United States, said one of the vice-presidents of the Japanese company GREE.
2. Rovio wants to compete with Coca-ColaHalf of Rovio’s annual profit in the near future will come from merchandising, as well as drinks and food “based on motives,” the Finnish company said.
3. Zynga bought the authors of Star Wars: The Force UnleashedMark Pincus’ company continues to strengthen in the middle core project market.
One of the last steps is the acquisition of a small team of developers of November Software.
4. Glu Mobile: Apple has blocked Tapjoy’s oxygenThe Tapjoy advertising network is again under pressure from Apple.
Glu Mobile has already lowered its financial forecasts for the fourth quarter in this regard. Tapjoy denies everything.
5. China’s Mobile StatisticsIn the third quarter, Umeng analytics company noted an increase in the number of iOS and Android-based mobile devices in China, a decrease in the number of devices subject to jailbreak, and an increase in the number of user sessions in applications.
6. 169 million smartphones were sold in the world in three months169 million smartphones were sold worldwide in the third quarter, of which 122 million were devices based on the Android platform, Gartner experts estimate.
7. The cost of advertising on Android is growingAccording to MoPub, the price for mobile advertising on the Android platform has increased by more than a quarter in just three months.
Advertising on iOS has not become significantly more expensive over the same period.
8. Apple’s revenue has declinedAccording to the latest data from the analytical company Azimco, Apple and Samsung controlled 99% of the mobile industry’s profits in the third quarter, but Apple’s share declined significantly.
9. Unity 4 is outUnity Technologies has officially launched the latest version of its multiplatform engine.
10. Punch Quest has abandoned the free distribution modelThe developers of Punch Quest refused to distribute the game for free, considering that it was “too generous”.
11. The volume of the mobile games market in Russia is $392 millionThe volume of the Russian mobile games market by the end of 2012 will amount to $392 million, according to the specialists of the analytical company J’son & Partners in their study “The Russian mobile games market”.
