Comments on: 22nd Dec aka the EA Massacre: Why we are skipping it http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it iOS development and mobile games Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:36:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gable http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/#comment-361 Gable Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.bitongo.com/?p=487#comment-361 Agreed :) Agreed :)

]]> By: Gable http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/#comment-360 Gable Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:50:00 +0000 http://www.bitongo.com/?p=487#comment-360 Yeah don't get me wrong I was trying to sound not too whiney there. I just accept it as a fact that I have to get out of the way when the big boys' marketing bulldozers are coming. Yeah don’t get me wrong I was trying to sound not too whiney there. I just accept it as a fact that I have to get out of the way when the big boys’ marketing bulldozers are coming.

]]> By: Kyle Newsome http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/#comment-358 Kyle Newsome Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:30:31 +0000 http://www.bitongo.com/?p=487#comment-358 /\ What a rude and useless piece of feedback. Personally, I agree with your article. Right now probably isn't a great time to release a new product considering all the insanity and undercutting going on. This is one of those seasons for the marketing driven developers, not us product driven ones. Furthermore, your app wont live or die based on its initial sales during the Christmas period. January seems like a perfectly good time to launch while people might still have their gift cards and media returns to normal. If your app isn't christmas theme, it probably has a better chance of being featured in January too. Cheers, Kyle /\ What a rude and useless piece of feedback.

Personally, I agree with your article. Right now probably isn’t a great time to release a new product considering all the insanity and undercutting going on. This is one of those seasons for the marketing driven developers, not us product driven ones.

Furthermore, your app wont live or die based on its initial sales during the Christmas period. January seems like a perfectly good time to launch while people might still have their gift cards and media returns to normal. If your app isn’t christmas theme, it probably has a better chance of being featured in January too.

Cheers,

Kyle

]]> By: Zikron http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/#comment-356 Zikron Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:26:50 +0000 http://www.bitongo.com/?p=487#comment-356 @Boris - I hope that was a joke. It is extremely difficult to get your app in front of people especially with over 500,000 competitors on that platform. Unless Apple features you, or are picked up by a major site whether it be Kotaku or Reddit you are going to struggle. It's sad I spend more time digging through the app store looking for gems than I do playing them. I can't fault EA and other devs for what they are doing it is smart business but it does suck for the little guys out there. @Boris – I hope that was a joke. It is extremely difficult to get your app in front of people especially with over 500,000 competitors on that platform. Unless Apple features you, or are picked up by a major site whether it be Kotaku or Reddit you are going to struggle.

It’s sad I spend more time digging through the app store looking for gems than I do playing them.

I can’t fault EA and other devs for what they are doing it is smart business but it does suck for the little guys out there.

]]> By: Quora http://blog.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/#comment-353 Quora Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:31:29 +0000 http://www.bitongo.com/?p=487#comment-353 <strong>Should I release my iOS game before the Christmas App Store lockdown or should I wait and release later?...</strong> Relevant: http://www.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/... Should I release my iOS game before the Christmas App Store lockdown or should I wait and release later?…

Relevant: http://www.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/…

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