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?