Wednesday 7 May 2014

Phone and tablet gaming: tasks

Read this BBC News article about Candy Crush Saga. Answer the following questions:

  1. How much money is Candy Crush Saga estimated to make each day from its users? £610,000
  2. How does it make this money? buy add-ons extra lives and high levels.
  3. How many people are estimated to have installed Candy Crush?
  4. Where do people play? Tube journeys, buses journey to work
  5. When was the game released?
  6. When did it reach 500 million downloads?
  7. Who is the typical Candy Crush gamer?
  8. What percentage of gamers have spent money on Candy Crush, buying in-app purchases etc.?  April 2012 on facebook, November 2012 on iphones, December 2012 on androaid
  9. What percentage say they are addicted to the game?230%
  10. What is your own experience of playing Candy Crush? Have you played it? I have played it and found it very  frustrating but it wasn't that interesting as I've played ton of games like it before and didn't really think it was worth the hype.


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