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The saddest game of the year proves $2 apps can still be blockbusters

16
Jul
2014

Yes, all but two of the top 80 highest grossing iPhone apps in America are now free downloads. The freemium beast has eaten the entire app industry. But there are still a couple of rare exceptions out there — paid downloads that generate millions of dollars of revenue. The most well-known is Minecraft, the Swedish blockbuster game that enablers players to create rich, if pixelated, environments. Minecraft remains a top 20 grosser on both the U.S. iPhone and iPad app charts despite its shockingly high download price of $7. Fascinatingly, another paid title with blocky landscapes that has been able to break into mainstream success in 2014 is Monument Valley — a minimalistic, elegiac game about a princess traversing a bleak landscape

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