Report Looks at Game App Pricing

By: Steph Dlugon

App store analytics company, Distimo, released a report that provides some interesting game app pricing statistics across multiple stores.

The report focuses on games in the Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace for Mobile in the United States. Here are just a few of the findings.

Games on Windows Marketplace for Mobile and BlackBerry App World are most expensive at $4.91 and $4.60 (on average) respectively.

The Games category on the Apple App Store with the most titles available is Puzzle.

Games published in the Role Playing category on the Apple App Store are most expensive, averaging $7.96 per game. Most other game categories average between $1.30 and $2.60.

22% of the most grossing game titles in the Apple App Store were published in the Action category. The Arcade and Adventure categories were second and third with 12% and 9%, respectively.

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Posted Thursday, February 25th, 2010 under Android Apps, Blackberry Apps, iPhone Apps.