Supercell is bigger than EA in terms of monthly iOS revenue

"efficiently monetizing their userbase."<p>Is this newspeech for ripping off their customers?<p>I don't know their games, but I wouldn't be surprised if their clients are mostly teens maxing out their parents credit cards. Yeah sorry, I am a bit in a cynical mood I suppose.

I think this is an unfair comparison. I mean, I could claim that Mandalorian is bigger than EA in terms of monthly penetration testing revenue and be right, but it doesn't really mean much.<p>Having said that, Supercell have a good product and are shifting volume, so more power to them.

With all this talk about how the good days of the app store are over, it is good to see a relatively unknown company making it. I also noticed that a big part of the Apple selection for the end of the year is made by indie developers, like Super Hexagon, Letterpress or the education stuff from l'Escapadou, which means that they will probably make a lot of money.<p>With talent and flair, it is still possible to do it. Easy success for trivial apps is over but what Apple did to remove the barriers to entry for indies still makes the app store very interesting.

Funnily enough I finally picked up clash of clans because a guy in the office kept pestering me to give it a go. It's very nicely put together and I can't remember the last time someone in the office harassed me into picking up a game. Particularly someone I'd classify as a non gamer.

2 years ago they started with a high quality Browsergame in Flash called Gunshine (a casual RPG) which didnt work and was closed down. They then seem to have shifted focus to mobile and do amazing things there, which was only a matter of time because of their top team.

I wonder if Supercell's widely advetised cells structure explains their success (and could be learned from?) or if it's just a "secret sauce" myth they cultivate to add flair to a well-run and/or lucky company.

There is an explanation for why also. I recently downloaded Simpsons: tapped out. The "game" wouldn't start for two days because it couldn't connect to the Orion servers. I'm not going to spend real money on in-game donuts if it refuses to start. I found out on the forums that it was a common problem. People aren't going to spend real money on something that isn't reliable.<p>(NOTE: actually I wasn't going to spend the money anyway. It isn't a game. It is a Skinner Box).

I do think that clash of clan is much better than other games i have played so far. I have played other games (dungeon hunter) which asks me to pay up for virtual coins, gems if i have to progress in next set of levels, but with COC i can do just fine without spending any money.<p>Love COC ;)

The anthill at my feet is bigger than K2 in terms of letters.