Holy mother of iAd revenue!

iDeveloper

Take a look at this:
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/08/developer-earns-nearly-1400-in-one-day-with-iads/

Almost $1,400 in iAd revenue in ONE day? We need those iAds in GS! That would cover you GS membership, plus Apple memship, and device purchases.

Now, I can't wait to use iAd. Maybe I'll code some simple apps with iAd.

dmilinovichiii

I thought u were leaving the forums

iDeveloper

Mr.Rinoy said:
I thought u were leaving the forums

Nope, you can read it here: http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=8084

dmilinovichiii

Oh. I bet most people wont make that much with iAds. Thats just if you have a really good app.

BarkBarkCo

Is that with an 11% click through rate? That seems a little high! Maybe it is the novelty of these new ads, which will diminish over time. We are missing out every day we don't have iAds!

dmilinovichiii

barkbark00 said:
Is that with an 11% click through rate? That seems a little high! Maybe it is the novelty of these new ads, which will diminish over time. We are missing out every day we don't have iAds!

Agreed.

gyroscope

I'm still looking at my hat, wondering if it'll taste better with salt and pepper...

design219

This guy's app is a utility, a new one that doesn't exist anywhere. When iAds start popping up during gameplay, people are not going to be so cool with it.

LogoLogic

design219 said:
This guy's app is a utility, a new one that doesn't exist anywhere. When iAds start popping up during gameplay, people are not going to be so cool with it.

Agreed.

butterbean

Requests are the # of downloads right?

That's a TON for one day and I doubt most of us will see those numbers, but it's still great revenue!

quantumsheep

You know, there just might be a backlash, where paid apps increase in popularity just to get away from the iAds!

I can dream, right?

QS

quantumsheep

I think, in all seriousness, that iAds v.1 will be a great learning experience for everyone.

Part of me hopes it's not as successful as Apple would like it to be, so that they're forced to look at it again.

It would certainly be more attractive to me, as a developer, if I could target the kind of ads I want in my app. Perhaps through the keywords you provide to apple when submitting your app.

Secondly, I'd like to be able to choose where to put an ad. Having it on-screen while playing my game is not acceptable to me. I'd rather have it on the intro screen where it won't interfere or distract...

Cheers,

QS

dmilinovichiii

quantumsheep said:
I think, in all seriousness, that iAds v.1 will be a great learning experience for everyone.

Part of me hopes it's not as successful as Apple would like it to be, so that they're forced to look at it again.

It would certainly be more attractive to me, as a developer, if I could target the kind of ads I want in my app. Perhaps through the keywords you provide to apple when submitting your app.

Secondly, I'd like to be able to choose where to put an ad. Having it on-screen while playing my game is not acceptable to me. I'd rather have it on the intro screen where it won't interfere or distract...

Cheers,

QS

Or possibly only on certain scenes.

gyroscope

would you really mind that, Mr.Rinoy? I can't see the users liking it. I mean, in the middle of a game, going to the next scene in great expectation, only to find an iAd selling Toyotas...can't see it myself. I know as a user myself (Tron), it would certainly make me wary of buying ant other apps by the same developer...

JamesZeppelin

I am putting iads in a Unity app I made

I should be done this weekend or next week (plus approval time)

I'll let you guys know if it makes any money.

quantumsheep

Mr.Rinoy said:
Or possibly only on certain scenes.

Yeah - that's essentially what I was aiming for!

gyroscope

Would you insert the iAd as a level as such, QS, or would you cover say, half the screen with the game still in progress, I wonder?

quantumsheep

Not sure I understand you there, gyro...

Essentially, if I had a choice, I'd put the ad on the intro screen only... which is before the title screen with all the options, game start, high scores etc etc on it.

I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with it infringing on my actual gameplay...

QS

jweaver911

quantumsheep said:

I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with it infringing on my actual gameplay...

But wouldn't you get the most click-thrus if you put the iAd right on top of your virtual joystick?!!

quantumsheep

jweaver911 said:
But wouldn't you get the most click-thrus if you put the iAd right on top of your virtual joystick?!!

MY GOD! YOU'RE RIGHT!!!



QS

butterbean

lol

There's a game that got new and noteworthy called: Alicia Darkstone

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alicia-darkstone-the-mysterious/id374920139?mt=8

It looks like a point and click adventure much like Joe's game: Grisly Manor, and people are complaining because of ads blocking the items they need to look for!

Great way to implement iAds into a point and click Adventure

jweaver911

WHAT?! I'm not the first to think of this?!!

lol.

expired_012

I would just make a lite version of my game and put iads in there (since free apps get more downloads anyway). More downloads=more ad views and clicks. Don't put it in your full version but rather use it as a reason to why they should by the full version (People don't like ads so if your game is good and you tell them there will be no ads in the full version that just gives them another reason to why they should buy the paid one)

quantumsheep

butterbean said:
lol

There's a game that got new and noteworthy called: Alicia Darkstone

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alicia-darkstone-the-mysterious/id374920139?mt=8

It looks like a point and click adventure much like Joe's game: Grisly Manor, and people are complaining because of ads blocking the items they need to look for!

Great way to implement iAds into a point and click Adventure

Well, there are always going to be teething troubles, eh?

Honestly, I was starting to warm to the idea of iAds till I found out how little control you have over them.

I guess it'd be useful for lite versions of games... maybe...

QS

A3MG

Wait, won't GS need a Pause feature to go along with the iAds? So when you click on the iAd the game pauses.

quantumsheep

Checkmate, Gendai!

AfterBurnett

Yeah, we need iAds... but only for PAUSE. The iAds themselves can go away and die a slow death for all I care.

jweaver911

POLYGAMe said:
Yeah, we need iAds... but only for PAUSE. The iAds themselves can go away and die a slow death for all I care.

so basically take the ids and swap them out for P*USE.

AfterBurnett

Yeah!

JamesZeppelin

butterbean said:
lol

There's a game that got new and noteworthy called: Alicia Darkstone

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alicia-darkstone-the-mysterious/id374920139?mt=8

It looks like a point and click adventure much like Joe's game: Grisly Manor, and people are complaining because of ads blocking the items they need to look for!

Great way to implement iAds into a point and click Adventure

So funny that that game is in new and noteworthy.
I downloaded it last Nov.

Since I paid 4.99 I'll better hurry and update it so i can get the ads up and running.

synthesis

You all need to read the last paragraph of the article linked in the first post. Big iAds revenue will be short lived once the novelty and curiosity of it wears off. Big money on iAds will be only for the early adopters/implementers. By the time GS gets around to including it...it will be small potatoes and most users will ignore it.

I VOTE FOR IN APP PURCHASING. That is where the real added value lies IMHO. The ability to sell additional game expansion packs and other "extras" could be huge for lightweight games created with GS. Would also be a way to market full versions from free versions.

But my hunch is...all of these (in app, iads, game center, etc) will be "PRO" version features and will be priced out of most of our reach at the bloody and absurd $2K/year cost.