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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (167924)	3/30/2014 10:54:10 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 213178

"If you look at just recent phenomena, iOS no longer is the go-to. " I can think of recent examples that were iOS first or iOS only (Candy Crush, Microsoft Office, Disney Movies Anywhere, Facebook Paper, see below), but not vice versa. In what specific way is Android now the go-to for developers? More to the point, has there ever been a succesful software launch that was Android first? And according to a recent report from Distimo, the App Store has a 63% to 37% market share advantage over Google Play in global revenue from apps. Top developers continue to launch their apps first or exclusively on the App Store. Examples of highly successful launches from 2013 include Temple Run 2 and Cut the Rope 2, which generated millions of downloads and multi-win periods of App Store exclusivity. NaturalMotion recently launched Clumsy Ninja exclusively on iOS and saw 10 million downloads in the first week and Plants vs. Zombies 2 resulted in the biggest game panel launch ever for Electronic Arts PopCap with 16 million downloads from the App Store in the first five days alone.

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