Infinity Blade: Epic's Most Profitable Franchise* ~ Even more than Gears of War!

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spurgeonryan said:

yum123 said:
I think its pretty obvious he means % wise. Gears of war made fare more profit in raw numbers. so the statement essentially means nothing

But if they are getting 100 million to download it or try the demo with ads, then maybe it does make more money. I can only imagine that this is one of the more expensive mobile games out there. $9.99 when it first came out.

 

No idea what the budget was for the game.

 

or how much it has sold. But for some reason I think that Tads12 had a thread on it selling 10 million in its first month. That was quite a while ago. So I could be wrong.

Not quite right. The price is actually $7 for IB2, but here's some coverage of Epic's press release in January boasting $5 million net earnings (meaning ~$7 million gross, meaning around 1 million purchases that month, though possibly less due to in-app purchases).

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/infinity-blade-franchise-surpasses-30-million-in-revenue/

The original IB grossed $23 million in its first year and is still charting in the App Store's top 100 paid apps at a reduced price of $1 (launched at $6, IIRC, so around 4 million sales in that time period, though IAPs and sales will distort that number).