Since Warships became free on June 17th, it was downloaded over 700 000 times. So this means that, in a little less than a month, it nearly got downloaded one million times! This caught us by surprise to say the least! We’re also very happy about how many upgrades it got. This tells us that people are actually playing the game and not deleting it after a few tries.
Here are the download figures. Notice the 70 000+ peak on July 5th:
Then, came the ad bug, which as crazy as it may sound, was a pain to fix1. As you can see on the chart, downloads plunged dramatically. Now that the bug is gone for good, downloads are picking up but they are in no way as large as they once were.
This is where you can help. We’d really like to achieve the One Million Mark by July 31st. All you need to do is download the game and play it. If you enjoy the game, tell your friends on Twitter to download it and so on2.
Warships is a nice game and you’ll probably enjoy the two players mode. We are planning to improve the game over time and fast-app switching will be part of the 1.4 update that should be submitted to Apple next week.
So thanks all and be sure to let us know what you think of the game!
Product page: http://edovia.com/warships/
iTunes Link: http://bit.ly/9b0DaQ
1 A longer, more detail post will be available in August to explain what happened and to tell you about the whole “Warships now free” experience.
2 The game is free and ad-based. It does generate revenues but we’re far from getting rich (see 1). Most revenues are reinvested in the game.
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