It was only a matter of time before the Guinness World Records has recognized some of the fastest, biggest, fastest things and the longest pass in the world of technology and games. In a statement released this week, the famous record recorder proclaimed Apple App Store as “one of the platform game most revolutionary in history [which] has become a serious competitor in the game articles. ”
As for Apple’s popular smartphone, Gas Deaver, Guinness World Records Gaming editor, said: “The release of the iPhone has not only changed the mobile industry, but the video game world as well.” He continued: “With infinite choice App Store and intuitive device, Apple has created a giant new space for themselves in the casual game genre that literally brings entertainment to users, wherever they are.”
Thus, records. Billed as the portable game system the fastest-selling, with the first day of sale, 24 June 2010 to 1.5 million units, is, not surprisingly, the four iPhone. The Declaration lists the PSP as a comparison, which has sold 200,000 at launch in 2005, and Nintendo DS, which moved 500,000 consoles in 2004.
The market is the most popular App Store applications. In less than three years, application downloads have exceeded 6.5 billion. In September 2010, the store has received 259,470 applications for purchase or free download. Among all the applications available anytime, about 50,000 were removed. Interestingly, the statement indicated that “between the applications currently available, 61 are flatulence simulators, a genre that includes such masterpieces as Fart Machine, Fart and Ocarina iFart -. Epic Edition Rip” We wonder if there will be plenty of applications base similar to the App Store gases floating in the coming months, or if his popularity is more than a flash in the pan (TS).
Apple’s App Store was also a nod to the biggest store of downloadable video games, with 37 362 games will be available in September 2010.
Given the record for highest paid App Store for the game in most countries, as is easy to guess, flying creatures that are not entirely happy. “Birds Puzzle Mad Physics was recognized as the highest paid for the game on the App Store in a record number of 67 territories around the world,” the statement said Guinness. Since its launch in December 2009, the captivating sold more than 6.5 million copies.
The fastest selling the iPhone / iPod is a strategy game Zombies vs PopCap Plants, more than 300,000 paid downloads in the first nine days of sales in February 2010. Guinness said that the game is the highest grossing game of strategy for the launch in the history of Apple App Store, Developer PopCap one million U.S. dollars will bring little more than a week.
Tap Tap Revenge by Tapulous, a hit with tappers worldwide, has been named the iPhone the most popular series Thurs He had an impressive 15 million downloads since the first game of the series was released in July 2008.
