subject: 4 Mobile Games That Were Instant Hits In The Market [print this page] When mobile phones were new, people were fascinated with its features, and especially with games. Mobile games have always captured the attention of mobile users. When the smartphones came in the market, they completely changed the face of mobile gaming. Game development took a new turn and reached new heights. As the service grew, there came several games that were an instant hit in the market. These spectacular games gained huge popularity and became some of the top-selling down loadable games of all times.
Listed below are four games that fall under the category of top-selling games.
Angry Birds
The very first version of this game was released for iOS in December, 2009 and since that time, the game have crossed over 12 million downloads from AppStore itself. Encouraged by the huge response it got, further versions of the game was designed for different smartphones including Android OS. It was immensely praised for its addictive and engaging gameplay. Angry Birds also have different special editions and it has achieved the milestone of more than 1 billion downloads across all the platforms. This game has been called as one of the great runaway hits of 2010 and is considered to be the largest mobile application success that the world has seen till now.
Doodle Jump
As soon as Doodle Jump surfaced in the market, its four legged creature The Doodler won millions of hearts. This game is renowned for its selling rate. For four consecutive months, 25,000 copies of the game we sold per day, which was broken by Angry Birds). According to the stats gathered by reliable sources, as of December 2011, the game has sold more than 10 million copies combining iTunes and Google Play. The game has received great reviews from the critics and is one of the highest ranked applications on AppStore.
Fruit Ninja
This game brought new fun elements with itself as it showed people how they can have fun with fruits. With intuitive game modes, engaging gameplay and crystal-clear graphics, the game was extremely well received by critics as well as consumers. Stats show that as of May 2012, this game has reached 300 million downloads and can be found on one-third of all US iPhones. In the very first month, the iOS version of the game sold more than 200,000 copies. By the third month, the figure already reached 1 million. Fruit Ninja has also been named as one of Time Magazines 50 best iPhone apps of 2011.
Diner Dash
Placed under one of the top-selling downloadable games of all times, Diner Dash has captured the attention of the gamers with its well-created plot and addictive gameplay. The game got mentioned by some renowned newspapers that included The New York Times, CNN, and USA Today. The game also received good reviews from Games Magazine that called the game remarkably flexible.
These games have made their niche in game development. The enormous success of these games has encouraged people to outsource mobile game development to renowned offshore development companies. However, the good thing is in todays time, one can easily find good mobile game development company through the Internet because most of the offshore companies have strong online presence and provide users with various ways of communicating with them.
