Quote Originally Posted by littlekillerz View Post
Hi Hugo,

You missed one point the top selling game on OUYA only sold SEVEN THOUSAND copies! How many demos do you think were installed to get that.

Read the reviews on Google Play they are not mixed all positive. All of the one star reviews on EP1 are people complaining about the poor Google Translation, so you wont see those reviews unless you go to the other language stores.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...erz.ringstrail
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...erz.ringstrail


I to am confused by the demo not converting more sales. But I think it has to do with so many demos being available. I know demos and free to play are on other platforms but OUYA made this very easy...This is how I played my ouya.

Start up OUYA

Browse games
Install the top 20 that interested me
Start playing one if it sucks I stop, even if its good I might wonder hey I got 19 other games installed I better see if a better one exist. Or I might get to the pay wall and then say hey why pay now I got 19 other demos to try.
After I try all 20, I download another 20 rinse and repeat....

Our game gave you hours of play before asking for payment that might have been an issue. At one time it was in the top 25/50(cant remember exactly) games on OUYA using their fun metric .
While I do think your reasoning is fair, I want to clarify some things..

Towerfall is not the top selling game on OUYA, the media will spin anything. It was, however, the most hyped OUYA launch title. The current holder of the top selling title, last I checked, was Amazing Frog. Towerfall also grossed $105,000 in those 7,000 copies. The game itself being 15$. Another reason as to why Towerfall never sold more was because it was a Local Multiplayer Only game. Not everyone has friends all the time so purchasing a 15$ game for rare occasions doesn't make much sense.

So really, Towerfall isn't a fair comparison because of the listed issues. Its demo wasn't really a demo either, you could play as long as you wanted provided you waited 10 seconds after each match. And other stages being unlocked. Your game could have been a matter of the demo being to long, however. That could be why there were less sales as well..

With that being said, Payday has come and this game is still on my to buy list. Primarily because i am a sucker for the theme of the game (gotta get home to do this).