App Store sales topped $10 billion across 2013

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The App Store made $10 billion in sales last year, with December alone providing over $1 billion and a record-breaking amount of app downloads. iOS users racked up "almost" 3 billion downloads last month, helping to take App Store developers' earnings to date up to a whopping $15 billion.

Given that earnings figure was around the $7 billion mark at the end of 2012, that would suggest Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue isn't exaggerating when he calls 2013 "the best year ever for the App Store." As for what kind of apps are taking the most advantage of that success, it's games, games, and more games.

As we learned last month, Candy Crush Saga was the most downloaded free app of 2013, while Minecraft: Pocket Edition was the year's best-selling paid app. Revealingly, Candy Crush Saga was the sweetest of all for gross revenue, with Minecraft: Pocket Edition down (relatively) in 11th.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/08/app-store-sales-topped-10-billion-across-2013/

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sotaPosted:

Sexxi and i struggle with 10$ hahaha


Me too haha I cant even do that

sotaPosted:

Multitask This is insane never knew that it would be this much i never buy games /:


Me too its crazy how much people buy of those

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Multitask
Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


Some people don't pay for it since they probably JB it and get free games.


Its not even that hard to JB it either. And you can get better apps/downloads as well.

MultitaskPosted:

Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


Some people don't pay for it since they probably JB it and get free games.

MultitaskPosted:

This is insane never knew that it would be this much i never buy games /:

TheProdigiosusPosted:

That is alot of money. I wish i had that

CraigPosted:

Katsumi
Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


Well this is just revolving around the sales in the App store, not apple products themselves. I kind of understand why they would of sold that much as Apps are the real reason that people buy a smartphone/tablet


Yeah, but still. That is a ton of money. And still they can't hire a design team...

KatsumiPosted:

Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


Well this is just revolving around the sales in the App store, not apple products themselves. I kind of understand why they would of sold that much as Apps are the real reason that people buy a smartphone/tablet

DongPosted:

Vanoss
Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


And Candy Crush is just Bejeweled right? I got tired of that game 10 years ago. So why is it so popular, and making so much money?


Candy Crush is a free app though, so that didn't really need to be included in this topic.

HovaPosted:

Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


And Candy Crush is just Bejeweled right? I got tired of that game 10 years ago. So why is it so popular, and making so much money?


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