Chillingo gets five games in App Store Top 100
Touch KO joins Minigore in US Top 20
One of the great things about the App Store is it allows lots of companies to release lots of games in the hope that we - gamers - will find something we enjoy and give them a hit.
That's the reason that despite the presence of large companies such as EA and Gameloft - each of whom have ten games in the Top 100 this week - loads of much smaller outfits are trying to be successful.
Indeed, as PocketGamer.biz's App Store Analysis for 9th August 2009 demonstrates, there are 64 companies with games in the Top 100.
And it's good to see UK publisher Chillingo standing tall with five games in the charts.
Last week, its Minigore was the highest new entry, while this week, it's the turn of Touch KO to take that award.
Combined with re-entry of Defender Chronicles, thanks to an update, and the position of The Wars and Zombies vs. Sheep - which are released via its ClickGamer label - and Chillingo's sitting fairly pretty as the third most successful company in the Top 100.
The only issue is that to get its games into the chart, Chillingo has priced them low, so the average across the five is a mere $1.39.
In comparison, the average price of EA's ten games in the Top 100 is $5.09, and for Gameloft it's $3.39.
As for other significant games, BLUE's Cartoon Wars takes the top spot for the first time, while Digital Chocolate's 20Q Mind Reader makes its debut at number 14.
When it comes to big-hitting game licences - Taito's Space Invaders Infinity Gene ($4.99) climbed to number 28, while Capcom's Resident Evil 4 ($4.99) was at 37.
But LucasArts's The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition dropped 33 places to 63.
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.
