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🚀 MarketWire | Is Fake Future fake?
The #1 downloaded game in the US seems a little fishy, dare I say fake?
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Hello GameMakers,
Fake Future, a unique and interesting game from , has hit #1 in US downloads. This simulation sci-fi city-building game features a cool, pixelated art style and dope music.
Having said that, the success of the game is a bit puzzling. There are many downloads in a single geo - the US - but not much revenue. Read more below.
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Top 10 Charts
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Lots of movement in top downloads worldwide with less movement on revenue.
My Talking Tom Friends and Car Driving School 2020 made big leaps into top worldwide downloaded.
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3 new games in the top downloads here. Fake Future by Yunzun aka Sentai Inc.? WTF is that? Peridot from Niantic makes sense, and LoTR: Heroes of Middle-earth.
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Top 10 Mobile Publishers
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Top 5 Mobile Trending
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That’s a shit ton of organic downloads for whatever that 3rd Chinese game is above.
Craft Build Block looks like a game to check out as well.
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That Chinese game pushing downloads also making $$$
Top 10 Steam Game Sellers
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Cool to see Stellaris hit in top 10
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🔦 Spotlight | Is Fake Future’s Success Fake?
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This one is a little fishy.
Just checking the numbers in data.ai, looks like there was a huge push in the US but nowhere else. And it’s already coming back down to low numbers. See below.
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Back in the old days, you used to be able to push games to #1 on iOS AppStore for like $80-$120K via black-ops. Something like that. I’m not saying that’s what happened, but I’m not saying it didn’t happen, either.
While the game actually seems cool, unique, and fun to some degree, I don’t think this is a natural or sustaining hit.
Revenue generation also seems pretty light at ~$49K in cumulative revenue worldwide.
If you’d like to check out the game, though, here’s a good summary below:
If you’re from Sentai/Yunzun and want to talk more about this game on a podcast just hit me up!
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