[casual_games] Top Download List

[Joe Pantuso]

Yea, without real measurments that are compatible between the portals the
numbers we can derive will be of pretty minimal value.

Without a 'box office' measurement it is meaningless.  We need hard numbers,
either quanitity of transactions or total dollars.  The console and
mainstream/hardcore pcs games biz has the same problem, though they can
shell out to IDC to get some fairly meaningful numbers.  We don't have that
ability yet.

I'm glad people are working on the problem though.

On 1/15/06, Lennard Feddersen <Lennard at rustyaxe.com> wrote:
>
> As has been previously noted - it would be awesome if one of the larger
> portals were to put some actual download or sales #'s to all of this.
> Heck, anybody on any of those lists could let the rest of us know how
> their title fared on one portal and we could extrapolate from there
> based upon grabbing some likely conversion rate.
>
> As a developer without a top ten hit, in a non-silicon valley money
> environment, it's hard to show the money guys a complete picture without
> having one.
>
> My 2 cents,
>
> Lennard Feddersen
> CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
> www.RustyAxe.com
>
> Lennard at RustyAxe.com
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>
>
>
> George Donovan wrote:
>
> >Ron www.Gamefiesta.com also has a top 10
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org
> ]
> >On Behalf Of Ron
> >Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:01 PM
> >To: casual_games at igda.org
> >Subject: [casual_games] Top Download List
> >
> >Here is a list of the Top Casual Game Downloads I compiled.  This list is
> >made up of the top downloads from Real Arcade, Yahoo Games, Oberon Games,
> >MSN, iWin, PlayFirst, AOL and Big Fish.
> >
> >The computed rank is horribly flawed in that is gives equal weight to all
> >portals and who knows that these "top games" lists really are.  If there
> are
> >other portals that should be on my list (or ones that should not), let me
> >know.  I have to compile this data by hand, so I'd like to stick to the
> top
> >10 portals.
> >
> >If this proves interesting over the next few weeks, I'll start dumping it
> >into a database that can be displayed on the web and queried.
> >
> >The raw data file can be downloaded at:
> >
> >http://grumpygamer.com/TopCasualGames-week1.xls
> >
> >If anyone has a better formula for computing rank, please let me
> know.  Math
> >is hard.
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >
> >Mystery Case Files     25
> >Family Feud    23
> >Luxor: Amun Rising     23
> >Bricks of Atlantis     22
> >Tumblebugs     22
> >Mah Jong Adventures    19
> >Wheel of Fortune       18
> >Diner Dash     17
> >Aloha Solitare 16
> >Magic Match    13
> >Scrabble       12
> >Acropolis      10
> >Bookworm Delux 10
> >Jewel Miner    10
> >Egg vs. Chicken        9
> >Fish Tycoon    9
> >Gem Shop       9
> >Mah Jong Towers Eternity       9
> >Jigsaw 365     8
> >Pizza Frenzy   8
> >Big Kahuna Reef        7
> >GameHouse Sudoku       7
> >Gold Miner Vegas       7
> >Hexalot        7
> >Mirror Magic   7
> >TriJinx: Kross Mystery 7
> >Lost City of Gold      6
> >Mah Jong Medley        6
> >Poppit 6
> >Slingo 6
> >Subwat Scramble        6
> >Bejeweled 2    5
> >Chess Master Challenge 5
> >Greedy Words   5
> >Jewel Quest    5
> >Lingo  5
> >Roller Rush    5
> >Digby's Donuts 4
> >Letter Linker  4
> >Poker Superstars       4
> >Tradewinds Ledgends    4
> >All Star Football      3
> >Granny in Paradise     3
> >Mah Jong Quest 3
> >Magic Vines    2
> >Oasis  2
> >Sudoku 2
> >Super TextTwist        2
> >Atlantis       1
> >Luxor  1
> >Ride the Tide  1
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