App Annie analytics company has shared a list of the most popular and profitable mobile games “of all time” on iOS. Each of the projects is at least two years old.
Candy Crush Saga was expected to take the first place in terms of the number of downloads. The leadership in revenue went to Clash of Clans. Both of these games, according to App Annie analysts, were released in 2012.
The oldest game on the leaderboard came out in 2009. This is Words with Friends from Zynga. The newest was Despicable Me from Gameloft, which appeared in 2013.
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According to App Annie experts, an unambiguous conclusion follows from the figures.
Shareware games that users have been playing for years are leading in the App Store, and this leads to the fact that it is more difficult than ever for new projects to get into the charts.
Source: http://go.appannie.com