Star Fusion goes Free: An App store experiment

October 22, 2009

experimentAs detailed in my previous post, downloads of Star Fusion have been fewer than I would have liked (as low as a few sales each month). I really want to get the game into the hands of as many people as possible to get some feedback for updates and gain experience for future games. Priced at 59p ($0.99), this couldn’t possibly be the barrier preventing people from trying it, could it? keep reading…

Week 1 sales and promotion

August 1, 2009

Star Fusion was released on 26th July so its been available for a full week now. I want to share with you the download statistics and the promotional efforts I have made so far.

Star Fusion Download Statistics

Date UK Sales US Sales Free Downloads
26th July 0 0 2
27th July 1 0 6
28th July 0 0 0
29th July 4 1 0
30th July 0 1 2
31st July 0 0 0

So, a total of seven people have bought Star Fusion and ten people have used a promo code to download the game for free. Clearly I have some work to do in order to increase the number of sales. I have to say that even though these sales are fairly dire, the thought of 17 people playing Star Fusion is an incredible feeling. keep reading…