
To give you a quick idea of the scale of business we're talking about here, a subscription to Surviving High School '08 currently retails for $3.49 a month on Verizon Wireless, while an unlimited purchase costs $7.99.

The second game, Surviving High School '07, enjoyed a year-long run on Verizon Wireless Top Sellers, and the original game, Surviving High School, had a brief stint on Top Sellers back in 2006. '08 is the third game in the Surviving High School franchise. The one exception to this rule is Surviving High School '08, which currently holds down the list's number three spot. Original games may pop onto the list for brief periods, but they never stay for long or climb very far into the upper echelons, where games like Tetris and Pac-Man are enshrined. carrier for mobile games revenue, so this list is sort of an unofficial industry barometer).Īs I write this article, 19 out of the 20 titles on that list are either branded ( Guitar Hero III, Monopoly Here and Now, Frogger) or generic ( Mini Golf 99 Holes 3D, Verizon Wireless Sudoku). For proof, look no further than Verizon Wireless' Top Sellers list (Verizon Wireless is the biggest U.S. These are the facts of life in our industry.

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