The power of Penny Arcade
My game, Fairway Solitaire, got a small mention on Penny Arcade (scroll down to the bottom) a couple of days ago.
Some people told me that this would result in a sales spike but I was dubious because I didn’t know the “power of penny arcade”. Well I monitored the game’s position in the BFG Top 100 and it’s gone up 20 places in 3 days (from 43 to 23). That’s DEFINITELY a spike! It’s also gone from around position 20 to 7 on the Mac games page, which is nice 🙂
I’ll be watching the top 100 for the next few days and will report any more changes. I’ve also been given some sales figures by BFG (which I can discuss I’m afraid) but I gather there was a one day increase in sales of 400+% which is pretty cool, plus it’s remained high since then.
So there you have it folks, the power of Penny arcade!
July 11th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Really a nice increase… a pity penny arcade seems focused mostly on casual or action games os I have no hopes 🙂
July 11th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I didn’t even think they liked Casual games, I thought your type might have more chance actually…
July 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
OK it didn’t go any higher in the PC chart (don’t forget a new game comes out every day) but it went back up to #4 in the Mac chart, which is nice. It was once #1 on the Mac page.
July 13th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I just got word that the sales are still more than double the average on a daily basis and about triple on the Mac side.
July 14th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
And that’s great to hear. Sometimes you just need to be lucky 😀
My favorite saying: Don’t believe in miracles, coun’t on them!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:36 am
That’s AWESOME!! Roll on fat checks…
July 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Shoot dem aliens, okay? 🙂