Bookworm peggling gains PopCap two Top 10 App Store positions
Minigore is highest new entry
One of the assumptions of iPhone publishing is so many companies are involved, it's almost impossible for the big boys such as EA and Gameloft to dominate the App Store as they do when it comes to the sale of retail games.
And, to be honest, it's mainly true.
Most weeks, EA and Gameloft both have around 10 games in the US Top 100, but the remaining 80 positions are split across 50 other companies.
Significantly though, our App Store Analysis for 2 August 2009 shows PopCap Games managed to get two games in the Top 10.
Bejeweled 2 has been in the charts for over a year so its position at number 8 is no surprise. Word puzzler Bookworm wasn't in the Top 100 last week, but has leaped up the charts following a price cut from $4.99 to 99c, or peggling(TM) as it's now known.
In terms of new entries, Chillingo's Minigore (99c) is the best performer: straight in a number 9.
Other newish games doing well include BLUE's Cartoon Wars (99c) - billed as a tower defence RTS hybrid - which entered at 21, and NimbleBit's Moon Drop (99c) at 37.
Big brands entered mid-table with Taito's Space Invaders Infinity Gene ($4.99) in at 54 and Capcom's Resident Evil 4 ($4.99) in at 55.
Re-entries into the top 10 included Lima Sky's excellent Doodle Jump (99c), which may have been on the back of Pocket God's recent mash-up. It 'jumped' from 34 to 4.
FreshGames' Ranch Rush (99c) was in at 7, while Glu's Deer Hunter 3D ($2.99) reached number 11. LunaSea Games' Battle Shock (99c) re-entered at 14.
You can check out our full analysis, which compares the average price distribution of the Top 100, as well as the frequency of price points, and the ranking of publishers over on PocketGamer.Biz.
